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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](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **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)
- **Provisions:** [Article 65](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/65), [Article 78](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/78)

## 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.

## Official source

- [Case C-97/23 P on CURIA](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-97/23%20P&language=en)
- [Judgment on EUR-Lex (CELEX 62023CJ0097)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62023CJ0097)

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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