# Suspension of proceedings 81(2) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (81(2)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-81#par-2
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Part of **Suspension of proceedings** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-81).

## Provision text

### 81(2)

Where proceedings concerning the same subject matter as regards processing of the same controller or processor are pending in a court in another Member State, any competent court other than the court first seized may suspend its proceedings.


## Topics on this provision

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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023.#BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homo** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132298
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023.#BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homo** ¶39 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132298

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