# Penalties 84(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Penalties** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-84).

## Provision text

### 84(1)

Member States shall lay down the rules on other penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation in particular for infringements which are not subject to administrative fines pursuant to Article 83, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.


## Topics on this provision

- **Fines** — https://overview.legal/topics/boetes
  Administrative fines imposed for GDPR violations

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **UI v Österreichische Post AG** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51483
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – First sentence of Article 12(1) – Transparency of information – Article 13(1)(c) and (e) – Obligation o** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132250
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.#Marián Kočner v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).#Appeal – Law enforcement cooperation – Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Article 49(3) and Article 50 – Protection of personal data – Unlawful data processing – Criminal proceedings brought in Slovakia against the appellant – Expert’s report drawn up by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the purposes of the investigation – Retrieval** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132271
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2023.#Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras prie Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos v Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(2) and (7) – Concepts of ‘processing’ and ‘controller’ – Development of a mobile IT application – Article 26 – Joint control – Arti** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132280
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 May 2018.#Republic of Malta v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents held by the Commission — Documents originating from a Member State — Documents exchanged pursuant to the control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy — Article 113 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 — Public access following a request made by a non-governmental organisation — Action for annulment** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132343
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** ¶44 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** ¶39 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** ¶1 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2023.#Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras prie Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos v Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(2) and (7) – Concepts of ‘processing’ and ‘controller’ – Development of a mobile IT application – Article 26 – Joint control – Arti** ¶70 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132280
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.#Marián Kočner v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).#Appeal – Law enforcement cooperation – Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Article 49(3) and Article 50 – Protection of personal data – Unlawful data processing – Criminal proceedings brought in Slovakia against the appellant – Expert’s report drawn up by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the purposes of the investigation – Retrieval** ¶41 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132271
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – First sentence of Article 12(1) – Transparency of information – Article 13(1)(c) and (e) – Obligation o** ¶31 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132250

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