# Powers 58(a) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Powers** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-58).

## Provision text

### 58(a)

to issue warnings to a controller or processor that intended processing operations are likely to infringe provisions of this Regulation;


## Topics on this provision

- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2024.#TR v Land Hessen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 57(1)(a) and (f) – Tasks of the supervisory authority – Article 58(2) – Corrective powers – Administrative fine – Discretion of the supervisory authority – Limits.#Case C-768/21.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132245
- **BVwG - W258 2227269-1/39E** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184564
- **NSA - III OSK 5037/21** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125644
- **BVwG - W258 2227269-1/39E** ¶3.6 (case-law, Federal Administrative Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/184564
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2024.#TR v Land Hessen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 57(1)(a) and (f) – Tasks of the supervisory authority – Article 58(2) – Corrective powers – Administrative fine – Discretion of the supervisory authority – Limits.#Case C-768/21.** ¶23 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132245
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 April 2025.#Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad.#References for a preliminary ruling – Rule of law – Judicial independence – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law – Judicial body competent to propose the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against judges, public prosecutors and investigating magistrates, with a view t** ¶35 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132143
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126182

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