# Competence — GDPR — context bundle

> Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-55
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## Provision

### Competence — Competence

*GDPR, gdpr-art-55-en — https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-55*

1. Each supervisory authority shall be competent for the performance of the tasks assigned to and the exercise of the powers conferred on it in accordance with this Regulation on the territory of its own Member State.

2. Where processing is carried out by public authorities or private bodies acting on the basis of point (c) or (e) of Article 6(1), the supervisory authority of the Member State concerned shall be competent. In such cases Article 56 does not apply.

3. Supervisory authorities shall not be competent to supervise processing operations of courts acting in their judicial capacity.

## Enforcement

5 decision(s) on record cite Article 55, totalling approximately €132,000 in fines (median €66,000).

Top fines:
- **ICO - CPS Advisory Limited** (United Kingdom, €130,000) — https://overview.legal/posts/125650
- **HDPA (Greece) 33/2020 — Employee's access and erasure claims against the American College** (Greece, €2,000) — https://overview.legal/posts/158444

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