# Definitions 4(b) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Definitions** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-4).

## Provision text

### 4(b)

as regards a processor with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central administration in the Union, or, if the processor has no central administration in the Union, the establishment of the processor in the Union where the main processing activities in the context of the activities of an establishment of the processor take place to the extent that the processor is subject to specific obligations under this Regulation;


## Topics on this provision

- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **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)

- **Guidelines 8/2022 on identifying a controller or processor's lead supervisory authority** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38046
- **Opinion 04/2024 on the notion of main establishment of a controller in the Union under Art. 4.16(a) GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125773
- **Guidelines 8/2022 on identifying a controller or processor's lead supervisory authority** §40 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38046

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