# Material scope 2(b) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (2(b)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-2#par-2-pnt-b
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Part of **Material scope** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-2).

## Provision text

### 2(b)

by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 2 of Title V of the TEU;


## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 October 2019.#Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v A and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 2/76 — Article 7 — Decision No 1/80 — Article 13 — ‘Standstill’ clauses — New restriction — Collection, registration and retention of biometric data of Turkish nationals in a central filing system — Overriding reasons of public interest — Ob** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132337
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 July 2020.#VQ v Land Hessen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ — Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Scope — Article 2(2)(a) — Meaning of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ — Article 4(7) — Concept of ‘controller’ — Petitions Committee of the** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132331
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2023.#Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing of data in the employment context – Regional school system – Teaching by videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132292
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#Komisia za zashtita na lichnite danni and Tsentralna izbiratelna komisia v Koalitsia „Demokratichna Bulgaria - Obedinenie“.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Scope – Article 2(2)(a) – Concept of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ – National and European elections – Article 6(1)(e) – Lawful** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132307
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 June 2023.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ‐ Rule of law – Effective legal protection in the fields covered by EU law – Independence of judges – Article 267 TFEU – Possibility of making a reference to the Court for a preliminary ruling – Primacy of EU law – Jurisdiction in relation t** ¶317 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 October 2019.#Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v A and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 2/76 — Article 7 — Decision No 1/80 — Article 13 — ‘Standstill’ clauses — New restriction — Collection, registration and retention of biometric data of Turkish nationals in a central filing system — Overriding reasons of public interest — Ob** ¶48 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132337
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 July 2020.#VQ v Land Hessen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ — Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Scope — Article 2(2)(a) — Meaning of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ — Article 4(7) — Concept of ‘controller’ — Petitions Committee of the** ¶71 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132331
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#Komisia za zashtita na lichnite danni and Tsentralna izbiratelna komisia v Koalitsia „Demokratichna Bulgaria - Obedinenie“.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Scope – Article 2(2)(a) – Concept of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ – National and European elections – Article 6(1)(e) – Lawful** ¶36 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132307
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2023.#Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing of data in the employment context – Regional school system – Teaching by videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic –** ¶34 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132292
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125922
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2023 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125829
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space** §41 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/125922

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