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1. Without prejudice to other tasks set out under this Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor shall:

(a) monitor and enforce the application of this Regulation by Union institutions and bodies, with the exception of the processing of personal data by the Court of Justice acting in its judicial capacity;

(b) promote public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to processing. Activities addressed specifically to children shall receive specific attention;

(c) promote the awareness of controllers and processors of their obligations under this Regulation;

(d) upon request, provide information to any data subject concerning the exercise of their rights under this Regulation and, if appropriate, cooperate with the national supervisory authorities to that end;

(e) handle complaints lodged by a data subject, or by a body, organisation or association in accordance with Article 67, and investigate, to the extent appropriate, the subject matter of the complaint and inform the complainant of the progress and the outcome of the investigation within a reasonable period, in particular if further investigation or coordination with another supervisory authority is necessary;

(f) conduct investigations on the application of this Regulation, including on the basis of information received from another supervisory authority or other public authority;

(g) advise, on his or her own initiative or on request, all Union institutions and bodies on legislative and administrative measures relating to the protection of natural persons’ rights and freedoms with regard to the processing of personal data;

(h) monitor relevant developments, insofar as they have an impact on the protection of personal data, in particular the development of information and communication technologies;

(i) adopt standard contractual clauses referred to in Article 29(8) and in point (c) of Article 48(2);

(j) establish and maintain a list in relation to the requirement for data protection impact assessment pursuant to Article 39(4);

(k) participate in the activities of the European Data Protection Board;

(l) provide the secretariat for the European Data Protection Board, in accordance with Article 75 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;

(m) give advice on the processing referred to in Article 40(2);

(n) authorise contractual clauses and provisions referred to in Article 48(3);

(o) keep internal records of infringements of this Regulation and of measures taken in accordance with Article 58(2);

(p) fulfil any other tasks related to the protection of personal data; and (q) establish his or her Rules of Procedure.

2. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall facilitate the submission of complaints referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1 by a complaint submission form which can also be completed electronically, without excluding other means of communication.

3. The performance of the tasks of the European Data Protection Supervisor shall be free of charge for the data subject.

4. Where requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character, the European Data Protection Supervisor may refuse to act on the request. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall bear the burden of demonstrating the manifestly unfounded or excessive character of the request.