# Records of processing activities 30(4) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (30(4)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-30#par-4
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Part of **Records of processing activities** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-30).

## Provision text

### 30(4)

The controller or the processor and, where applicable, the controller's or the processor's representative, shall make the record available to the supervisory authority on request.


## 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
- **Supervisory Authorities** — https://overview.legal/topics/supervisory-authorities
  National data protection authorities and their powers
- **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)

- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2023.#Proceedings brought by J.M.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 4 and 15 – Scope of the right of access to information referred to in Article 15 – Information contained in log data – Article 4 – Definition of ‘personal data’ – Definition of ‘recipients’ – Temporal application.#Case C-579/21.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132284
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2023.#Proceedings brought by J.M.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 4 and 15 – Scope of the right of access to information referred to in Article 15 – Information contained in log data – Article 4 – Definition of ‘personal data’ – Definition of ‘recipients’ – Temporal application.#Case C-579/21.** ¶67 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132284
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶9 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38069
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126050
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)** §205 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126050

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