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UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-60/22)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
54

UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-60/22)

Judgment of 4 May 2023law://eu/cjeu/2022/c-60-22/para_54@2026-11-12

54It follows that, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 5 of that regulation, read in conjunction with paragraph 1(a) of that article, the controller must ensure that the processing of the data which it carries out is ‘lawful’.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-60/22 · ECLI:EU:C:2023:373
Decided: 4 May 2023
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Administrative Court, Wiesbaden, Germany)
Applicant: UZ
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Rapporteur: E. Regan
Advocate General: T. Ćapeta
Bench: 5 judges
E. Regan, D. Gratsias, M. Ilešič, I. Jarukaitis, Z. Csehi
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62022CJ0060

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Principles of Union law Protection of personal data

History · 1 version

4 May 2023Reading

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation)8 provisions
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Cites 16: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Others (C-511/18, C-512/18, C-520/18); Proceedings brought by B (C-439/19); SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-175/20); GC and Others v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) (C-136/17); OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija (C-184/20); BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (C-132/21); Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (C-77/21); VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet (C-180/21); TK v Asociaţia de Proprietari bloc M5A-ScaraA (C-708/18); X and Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (C-245/20); Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast); S. Coleman v Attridge Law and Steve Law (C-303/06); Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund v Wirtschaftskammer Österreich — Fachverband Autobus-, Luftfahrt- und Schifffahrtsunternehmungen (C-328/13)