# Independence 69(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Independence** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-69).

## Provision text

### 69(2)

Without prejudice to requests by the Commission referred to in point (b) of Article 70(1) and in Article 70(2), the Board shall, in the performance of its tasks or the exercise of its powers, neither seek nor take instructions from anybody.


## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 16 October 2012.#European Commission v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 95/46/EC – Processing of personal data and free movement of such data – Protection of natural persons – Article 28(1) – National supervisory authority – Independence – Supervisory authority and the Federal Chancellery – Personal and organisational links.#Case C‑614/10.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132377
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 16 October 2012.#European Commission v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 95/46/EC – Processing of personal data and free movement of such data – Protection of natural persons – Article 28(1) – National supervisory authority – Independence – Supervisory authority and the Federal Chancellery – Personal and organisational links.#Case C‑614/10.** ¶67 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132377
- **Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 November 1999.#Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union.#Regulation (EC) nº 515/97 - Legal basis - Article 235 of the EC Treaty (now Article 308 EC) or Article 100a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 95 EC).#Case C-209/97.** ¶39 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132405
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 June 2004.#Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector - Articles 6 and 9 of Directive 97/66/EC - Requirement for specific statement of grounds of complaint in the reasoned opinion.#Case C-350/02.** ¶43 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132398
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006.#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 - European Network and Information Security Agency - Choice of legal basis.#Case C-217/04.** ¶68 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132397
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 February 2009.#Ireland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment - Directive 2006/24/EC - Retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services - Choice of legal basis.#Case C-301/06.** ¶95 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132388
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 26 November 2009.#Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2006/24/EC - Electronic communications - Respect for private life - Retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.#Case C-202/09.** ¶15 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132385
- **Recommendations on calculating the audit cycle in EU Large-Scale IT Systems** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51269

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