The EDPB adopted the following documents to foster cooperation between authorities on some accountability tools before it reaches the EDPB consistency mechanism. EDPB Document on the procedure for the adoption of the EDPB opinions regarding national criteria for certification and European Data Protection Seals 27 February 2023 Publication Type: Procedure Topics: Certification Members: EDPB English Download EDPB Document on the procedure for the development of informal “Codes of Conduct sessions” 10 November 2020 Publication Type: Procedure Topics: Code of conduct Members: EDPB Bulgarian Czech Dansk German Greek English Spanish Estonian Finnish French Croatian Hungarian Italian Lithuanian Latvian Maltese Dutch Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Swedish Download EDPB document on the procedure for the approval of certification criteria by the EDPB resulting in a common certification, the European Data Protection Seal 28 January 2020 Publication Type: Procedure Topics: Certification Members: EDPB Bulgarian Czech Dansk German Greek English Spanish Estonian Finnish French Croatian Hungarian Italian Lithuanian Latvian Maltese Dutch Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Swedish Download This publication has been superseded by EDPB Document on the procedure for the adoption of the EDPB opinions regarding national criteria for certification and European Data Protection Seals