<Table> Regulation (EU) 2016 / 679 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> European Union regulation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Td> Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95 / 46 / EC (Data Protection Directive) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Made by </Th> <Td> European Parliament and Council of the European Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Journal reference </Th> <Td> L119, 4 May 2016, p. 1--88 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date made </Th> <Td> 14 April 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Implementation date </Th> <Td> 25 May 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Preparative texts </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Commission proposal </Th> <Td> COM / 2012 / 010 final--2012 / 0010 (COD) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other legislation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Replaces </Th> <Td> Data Protection Directive </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Current legislation </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> European Union regulation </Td> </Tr>

When do the new data protection laws come into effect