Court of Justice judgment · Case C-319/22
Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v Scania CV AB
- Case
- C-319/22
- Court
- Court of Justice
- Date of judgment
- 9 November 2023
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2023:837
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Provisions
- Article 4(1), Article 4(7), Article 6(1)(c), Article 6(3)
Holding (summary, not the official text)
Vehicle-type rules create a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) on car manufacturers to make vehicle identification numbers available to independent operators as controllers; the Court also explained that a VIN can be personal data for someone who can reasonably link it to the vehicle's keeper.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
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