# Supervisory authority 51(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (51(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-51#par-3
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Part of **Supervisory authority** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-51).

## Provision text

### 51(3)

Where more than one supervisory authority is established in a Member State, that Member State shall designate the supervisory authority which is to represent those authorities in the Board and shall set out the mechanism to ensure compliance by the other authorities with the rules relating to the consistency mechanism referred to in Article 63.


## Topics on this provision

- **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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Recommendations on calculating the audit cycle in EU Large-Scale IT Systems** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51269

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