# Joint controllers 26(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (26(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-26#par-3
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Part of **Joint controllers** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-26).

## Provision text

### 26(3)

Irrespective of the terms of the arrangement referred to in paragraph 1, the data subject may exercise his or her rights under this Regulation in respect of and against each of the controllers.


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 27 October 2021.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Interim relief – Article 279 TFEU – Application for interim measures – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection – Independence of judges – Disciplinary regime for judges – Examination of questions of law concerning the lack of independence of judges – Periodic penalty payment.#Case C-204/21 R** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132320
- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 21 April 2023.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Interim relief – Article 163 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Application to cancel or vary an order for interim measures – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection – Independence of judges – Non-execution – Change in circumstances – Periodic penalty payment.#Case C-204/21 R-** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132291
- **Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 14 July 2021.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Interim relief – Article 279 TFEU – Application for interim measures – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Independence of the Izba Dyscyplinarna (Disciplinary Chamber) of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 47 – Effective judicial protection – Independence of judges – Disciplinary regime for judges – Examination of quest** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132321
- **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** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **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** ¶198 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **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** ¶212 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** ¶5.9.10 (case-law, District Court Den Haag) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **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** ¶185 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **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** ¶194 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **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** ¶183 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286
- **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** ¶386 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132286

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