# Lawfulness of processing 6(3) — 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(3)

The basis for the processing referred to in point (c) and (e) of paragraph 1 shall be laid down by:

a) Union law; or
b) Member State law to which the controller is subject.
- The purpose of the processing shall be determined in that legal basis or, as regards the processing referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1, shall be necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. That legal basis may contain specific provisions to adapt the application of rules of this Regulation, inter alia: the general conditions governing the lawfulness of processing by the controller; the types of data which are subject to the processing; the data subjects concerned; the entities to, and the purposes for which, the personal data may be disclosed; the purpose limitation; storage periods; and processing operations and processing procedures, including measures to ensure lawful and fair processing such as those for other specific processing situations as provided for in Chapter IX. The Union or the Member State law shall meet an objective of public interest and be proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.

## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing
- **Lawful Basis** — https://overview.legal/topics/lawful-basis-article-6
  This topic is essential as Article 6 GDPR provides the specific legal bases that determine whether processing is lawful, which is the core requirement of the 'L
- **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
- **GDPR Article 5 Principles of Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/gdpr-article-5-principles
  This content specifically addresses the foundational principles of personal data processing under GDPR Article 5, which encompasses multiple related but distinc

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **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
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 September 2024.#HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG and Ökorenta Neue Energien Ökostabil IV geschlossene Investment GmbH & Co. KG v Müller Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Points (b), (c) and (f) of the firs** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132246
- **Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 10 September 2025.#Tiktok Technology Ltd v European Commission.#Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 – Commission decision determining the amount of the supervisory fee for 2023 – Article 43(3) to (5) of Regulation 2022/2065 – Article 4(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1127 – Method for calculating the number of average monthly active recipients – Temporal adjustment of the effects of an annulment.#Case T-58/24.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132134
- **Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 3 September 2025.#Zalando SE v European Commission.#Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 – Designation of a very large online platform – Plea of illegality – Article 33(1) and (4) of Regulation 2022/2065 – Legal certainty – Equal treatment – Proportionality – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-348/23.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132138
- **CJEU - C-247/23 - Deldits** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125591
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data – Directive (EU) 2017/1132 – Non-compulsory personal data – Lack of consent of the data subjec** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132161
- **CJEU - C‑474/24 - NADA Austria and Others** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/108989
- **Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 10 September 2025.#Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd v European Commission.#Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 – Commission decision determining the amount of the supervisory fee for 2023 – Article 43(3) to (5) of Regulation 2022/2065 – Article 4(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1127 – Method for calculating the number of average monthly active recipients – Temporal adjustment of the effects of an annulment.#Case T-55/** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132133
- **VG Düsseldorf - 29 K 3490/24** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/108992
- **Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 3 September 2025.#Philippe Latombe v European Commission.#Transfer of personal data to the United States – Commission Implementing Decision on the adequate level of protection of personal data ensured by the United States – Right to an effective remedy – Right to private and family life – Decisions based solely on the automated processing of personal data – Security of the processing of personal data.#Case T-553/23.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132137
- **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 Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 May 2024.#SO.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängige Schiedskommission Wien.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Article 267 TFEU – Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ – National arbitration committee competent to combat doping in sport – Criteria – Independence of the body making the reference – Principle of effective judicial protection – Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling.#Case C-115/22.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132258

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