61Referring to the sixth sentence of recital 146 of the GDPR, according to which that instrument is intended to ensure ‘full and effective compensation for the damage … suffered’, the Court noted that, in view of the compensatory function of the right to compensation provided for in Article 82 of that regulation, monetary compensation based on that article must be regarded as ‘full and effective’ if it allows the damage actually suffered as a result of the infringement of that regulation to be compensated in its entirety, without there being any need, for the purposes of such compensation for the damage in its entirety, to require the payment of punitive damages (judgment of 21 December 2023, Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, C‑667/21, EU:C:2023:1022, paragraph 84 and the case-law cited).
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