S.L. 586.14 Art. 12Right to submit a complaint.

(1) Without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies, any natural or legal person having grounds to consider that there has been an infringement of the provisions of these regulations or of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 may submit a complaint to the Commissioner as the designated market surveillance authority pursuant to these regulations. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, such complaints shall be taken into account for the purpose of conducting market surveillance activities, and shall be treated in accordance with the dedicated procedures established therefor by the market surveillance authorities.

(2) Sub-regulation (1) shall be without prejudice to the right of a data subject under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 to submit a complaint with the Commissioner as fundamental rights authority if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him infringes Regulation (EU) 2016/679. In this case the provisions of Chapters VI, VII and VIII of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall apply mutatis mutandis.