# Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union 27(4) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-27).

## Provision text

### 27(4)

The representative shall be mandated by the controller or processor to be addressed in addition to or instead of the controller or the processor by, in particular, supervisory authorities and data subjects, on all issues related to processing, for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this Regulation.


## Topics on this provision

- **Representatives** — https://overview.legal/topics/representatives
  Representatives of controllers not established in the EU
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Supervision** — https://overview.legal/topics/toezicht
  Oversight and enforcement by supervisory authorities
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2021.#Criminal proceedings against HP.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order (EIO) – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 2(c)(i) – Concept of ‘issuing authority’ – Article 6 – Conditions for issuing an EIO – Article 9(1) and (3) – Recognition of an EIO – EIO seeking to obtain traffic and location data ass** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132318
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2021.#Criminal proceedings against HP.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order (EIO) – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 2(c)(i) – Concept of ‘issuing authority’ – Article 6 – Conditions for issuing an EIO – Article 9(1) and (3) – Recognition of an EIO – EIO seeking to obtain traffic and location data ass** ¶33 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132318
- **Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Article 3)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38074
- **Data Protection Regulation and International Arbitration: Can There Be Harmonious Coexistence (with the GDPR Requirements Concerning Cross-Border Data Transfer)?** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/132548

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