# Territorial scope 3(3) — GDPR — provision context

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

## Provision text

### 3(3)

This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.


## Topics on this provision

- **Representatives** — https://overview.legal/topics/representatives
  Representatives of controllers not established in the EU
- **Territorial scope (GDPR)** — https://overview.legal/topics/territorial-scope
  When the GDPR applies geographically: establishment in the Union, targeting (offering goods or services), and behavioural monitoring by non-EU controllers (Arti
- **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
- **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 April 2015.#W. P. Willems and Others v Burgemeester van Nuth and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Biometric passport — Biometric data — Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 — Article 1(3) — Article 4(3) — Use of data collected for purposes other than the issue of passports and travel documents — Establishment and use of databases containing biometric** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132363
- **CJEU - C-398/15 - Manni** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125594
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 June 2022.#Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Passenger Name Record (PNR) data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(d) – Scope – Directive (EU) 2016/681 – Use of PNR data of air passengers of flights operated between the European Union and third countries – Power to include data of air passengers** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132311
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 July 2016.#Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Amazon EU Sàrl.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulations (EC) No 864/2007 and (EC) No 593/2008 — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Data protection — Directive 95/46/EC — Online sales contracts concluded with consumers resident in other Member States — Unfair terms — General terms and co** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132353
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132373
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **GC - T-318/24** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122878
- **CJEU C-473/12 IPI: Member States need not transpose all Directive 95/46 Article 13** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/158436
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020.#État luxembourgeois v B and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative (Luxembourg).#References for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/16/EU – Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation – Articles 1 and 5 – Decision ordering that information be provided to the competent authority of a Member State, acting in response to a request for exchange of information from the competent authority of another Mem** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132329
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47** ¶16 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132373
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** ¶31 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020.#État luxembourgeois v B and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative (Luxembourg).#References for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/16/EU – Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation – Articles 1 and 5 – Decision ordering that information be provided to the competent authority of a Member State, acting in response to a request for exchange of information from the competent authority of another Mem** ¶23 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132329

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