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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-97/23 P

WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Case
C-97/23 P
Court
Court of Justice
Date of judgment
10 February 2026
ECLI
ECLI:EU:C:2026:81
Instrument
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)

Holding (summary, not the official text)

A controller can bring an action for annulment before the EU courts against an EDPB binding decision in a dispute between authorities: the Court set aside the General Court's order of inadmissibility, declared the action admissible and sent it back for a ruling on the merits.

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

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