# Material scope 2(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (2(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-2#par-3
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Part of **Material scope** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-2).

## Provision text

### 2(3)

For the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 applies. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and other Union legal acts applicable to such processing of personal data shall be adapted to the principles and rules of this Regulation in accordance with Article 98.


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerking
  Any operation performed on personal data

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **CJEU - C-205/21 - Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/158437
- **Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 8 January 2025.#Thomas Bindl v European Commission.#Processing of personal data – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies – Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 – Concept of ‘transfer of personal data to a third country’ – Transfer of data when visiting a website – EU Login – Action for annulment – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility – A** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132155
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 July 2015.#Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 8(3)(e) — Sale of counterfeit goods — Right to information in the context of proceedings for infringement of an intellectual property right — Legislation of a Member State which allows banking institutions to refuse a request for** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132361
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 January 2023.#Criminal proceedings against V.S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(a) to (c) – Principles relating to processing of personal data – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6(a) – Clear distinction between personal data of different categ** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132297
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶35 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶31 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶17 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶16 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶15 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶14 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 July 2017.#European Commission v Patrick Breyer.#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Article 15(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scope — Application for access to written submissions filed by the Republic of Austria in the case in which judgment was given on 29 July 2010, Commission v Austria (C‑189/09, not published, EU:C:2010:455) — Documents in the possession of the European Commission — Protection of court proceedings.#Case C** ¶12 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132347

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