Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 June 2021

Facebook Ireland Ltd and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 47 – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Cross-border processing of personal data – ‘One-stop shop’ mechanism – Sincere and effective cooperation between supervisory authorities – Competences and powers – Power to initiate or engage in legal proceedings

Case C-645/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/07/2021 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:483		 15/06/2021 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:483		 15/06/2021 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
15/11/2019 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
30/08/2019 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:5		 13/01/2021 Facebook Ireland and Others
Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.08 Protection of personal data
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.02 Regulations
      2.05.02.02 Direct applicability
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 30/08/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 13/01/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/06/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Facebook Ireland and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bruyas, Pierrick: Droits fondamentaux - Protection des données personnelles, Europe 2021, n° 8-9 août, comm. 274 (FR)
  2. Temme, Merle O.G.: Facebook Ireland : one-stop-shop confirmed : het arrest van het Hof van Justitie in zaak C-645/19, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2021 p. 118-124 (NL)
  3. Heydn, Truiken J.: Datenschutzrecht: Klagebefugnis der nicht federführenden Aufsichtsbehörde : EuGH, Urteil vom 15.6.2021, C-645/19, Facebook : Anmerkung, IWRZ – Zeitschrift für internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 2021 p. 227-229 (DE)
  4. Woods, Lorna: Facebook Ireland and the one stop shop under the GDPR, European Law Review 2021 n°5 p. 685-691 (EN)
  5. Douville, Thibault: L’institutionnalisation du droit européen des données à caractère personnel / The institutionalization of European personnal data law, Revue des affaires européennes 2021 n° 2 p. 429-435 (EN, FR)
  6. De Wachter, Jos ; Peeters, Charlotte: Advocate General rules on the one-stop shop mechanism : opinion in Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit : CJEU 13 January 2021, C-645/19, European Data Protection Law Review 2021 Vol. 7 nº 1 p. 129-133 (EN)
  7. Jault-Seseke, Fabienne: Protection des données : la mise en oeuvre du guichet unique ou les limites de l'intégration européenne, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2022, n° 1, p. 81-91 (FR)
  8. Bretthauer, Sebastian: Extended powers for other supervisory authorities concerned in the case of cross-border data processing: Facebook Ireland : case C-645/19, Facebook Ireland Ltd and others v. Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, Common Market Law Review 2022, n° 5, p. 1543-1556, (EN)
  9. Correia, Vincent: XXII. Données personnelles - Cour de justice, gde ch., 15 juin 2021, Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc. et Facebook Belgium BVBA c/ Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, aff. C-645/19, ECLI:EU:C:2021:483, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2021. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2022, p. 1001-1004 (FR)
  10. Pailler, Ludovic: RGPD - Précisions sur la compétence spatiale des autorités de contrôle en matière de protection des données : du guichet unique à l’extraterritorialité, Journal du droit international 2022, n° 1 janvier, p. 197-209 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Hof van beroep Brussel - Belgium

Subject-matter

  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
  • Data protection
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rossi

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English