# Monitoring of approved codes of conduct 41(b) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (41(b)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-41#par-2-pnt-b
> Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it.

Part of **Monitoring of approved codes of conduct** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-41).

## Provision text

### 41(b)

established procedures which allow it to assess the eligibility of controllers and processors concerned to apply the code, to monitor their compliance with its provisions and to periodically review its operation;


## Topics on this provision

- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **CJEU - C-141/12 and C-372/12 - YS and Others (Joined Cases)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125640
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **CJEU - T‑183/23 - Ballmann v European Data Protection Board** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184572
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶76 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶73 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶72 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶74 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶63 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶62 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶61 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶58 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 16 July 2025.#Lisa Ballmann v European Data Protection Board.#Protection of personal data – Complaint against the controller of personal data of users of an online social network in the European Union – Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Binding decision of the European Data Protection Board – Complainant’s request for access to the file prepared for the purposes of the binding decision – Refusal to grant access –** ¶64 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132139

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