Recital (8)
Where this Regulation provides for specifications or restrictions of its rules by MemberĀ State law, MemberĀ States may, as far as necessary for coherence and for making the national provisions comprehensible to the persons to whom they apply, incorporate elements of this Regulation into their national law.
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Official text, reproduced without modification.