# Lawfulness of processing 6(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Lawfulness of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(2)

Member States may maintain or introduce more specific provisions to adapt the application of the rules of this Regulation with regard to processing for compliance with points (c) and (e) of paragraph 1 by determining more precisely specific requirements for the processing and other measures to ensure lawful and fair processing including for other specific processing situations as provided for in Chapter IX.


## Topics on this provision

- **Fairness & Transparency** — https://overview.legal/topics/fairness-transparency-principle
  Fairness and transparency are co-principles with lawfulness in Article 5(1)(a) GDPR and are inseparable from the concept of lawful processing, deserving dedicat

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 June 2022.#Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Passenger Name Record (PNR) data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(d) – Scope – Directive (EU) 2016/681 – Use of PNR data of air passengers of flights operated between the European Union and third countries – Power to include data of air passengers** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132311
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 July 2016.#Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Amazon EU Sàrl.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulations (EC) No 864/2007 and (EC) No 593/2008 — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Data protection — Directive 95/46/EC — Online sales contracts concluded with consumers resident in other Member States — Unfair terms — General terms and co** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132353
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 January 2023.#Criminal proceedings against V.S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(a) to (c) – Principles relating to processing of personal data – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6(a) – Clear distinction between personal data of different categ** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132297
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021.#Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132322
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 April 2025.#L. H. v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4 – Definitions – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 86 – Public access to official documents – Data concerning the representative of a legal person – Case-law of a national court imposing an obligation to inform and consult the data subject prio** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132145
- **BGH: Court must grant unredacted file access in compulsory auctions under Art. 6(1)(e)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53110
- **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 - C-247/23 - Deldits** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125591
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 October 2023.#RK v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(2) – Concept of ‘processing’ of personal data – Mobile application – Verification of the validity of ‘EU Digital COVID Certificates’ issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/953.#Case C-659/22** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132282
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020.#État luxembourgeois v B and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative (Luxembourg).#References for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/16/EU – Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation – Articles 1 and 5 – Decision ordering that information be provided to the competent authority of a Member State, acting in response to a request for exchange of information from the competent authority of another Mem** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132329
- **Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 May 2018.#Republic of Malta v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents held by the Commission — Documents originating from a Member State — Documents exchanged pursuant to the control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy — Article 113 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 — Public access following a request made by a non-governmental organisation — Action for annulment** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132343
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 22 November 2012.#Josef Probst v mr.nexnet GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Electronic communications — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 6(2) and (5) — Processing of personal data — Traffic data necessary for billing and debt collection — Debt collection by a third company — Persons acting under the authority of the providers of public communications networks and electronic communications services.#Case C‑119/12.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132376

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