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as regards a controller with establishments in more than one Member State, the place of its central administration in the Union, unless the decisions on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data are taken in another establishment of the controller in the Union and the latter establishment has the power to have such decisions implemented, in which case the establishment having taken such decisions is to be considered to be the main establishment;
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- EDPB Annual Report 2024
- EDPB- EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2025 on the Proposal for a Regulation on simplification measures for SMEs and SMCs, in particular the record-keeping obligation under Art. 30(5) GDPR
- Opinion 04/2024 on the notion of main establishment of a controller in the Union under Art. 4.16(a) GDPR