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title: "Case C-534/20: judgment of 22 June 2022"
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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-534/20

# Leistritz AG v LH

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Case:** C-534/20
- **Court:** Court of Justice
- **Date of judgment:** 22 June 2022
- **ECLI:** ECLI:EU:C:2022:495
- **Instrument:** Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- **Provisions:** [Article 38(3)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/38#3)

## Holding (summary, not the official text)

Member States may give data protection officers stronger protection against dismissal than the GDPR, such as dismissal only for just cause, if this does not undermine the GDPR's aims.

## Official source

- [Case C-534/20 on CURIA](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-534/20&language=en)
- [Judgment on EUR-Lex (CELEX 62020CJ0534)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62020CJ0534)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the judgment as published by the Court of Justice is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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