# Joint operations of supervisory authorities 62(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Joint operations of supervisory authorities** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-62).

## Provision text

### 62(2)

Where the controller or processor has establishments in several Member States or where a significant number of data subjects in more than one Member State are likely to be substantially affected by processing operations, a supervisory authority of each of those Member States shall have the right to participate in joint operations. The supervisory authority which is competent pursuant to Article 56(1) or (4) shall invite the supervisory authority of each of those Member States to take part in the joint operations and shall respond without delay to the request of a supervisory authority to participate.


## Topics on this provision

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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2024.#RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens – Validity – Legal basis – Article 21(2) TFEU – Article 77(3) TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Article 3(5) – Obligation for Member States to include two fingerprints in interoperable digital formats in the stora** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132266
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2024.#RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens – Validity – Legal basis – Article 21(2) TFEU – Article 77(3) TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Article 3(5) – Obligation for Member States to include two fingerprints in interoperable digital formats in the stora** ¶30 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132266
- **Guidelines 02/2022 on the application of Article 60 GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38066
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2023 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125829
- **Guidelines 02/2022 on the application of Article 60 GDPR** §68 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38066

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