# Urgency procedure 66(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (66(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-66#par-3
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Part of **Urgency procedure** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-66).

## Provision text

### 66(3)

Any supervisory authority may request an urgent opinion or an urgent binding decision, as the case may be, from the Board where a competent supervisory authority has not taken an appropriate measure in a situation where there is an urgent need to act, in order to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects, giving reasons for requesting such opinion or decision, including for the urgent need to act.


## Topics on this provision

- **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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 06/2020 on the interplay of the Second Payment Services Directive and the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38139
- **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
- **EDPB Article 97 GDPR application report: GDPR successful but improvements needed** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125790
- **Guidelines 02/2022 on the application of Article 60 GDPR** §261 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38066
- **Guidelines 02/2022 on the application of Article 60 GDPR** §254 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38066

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