Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2024:854
Date: 2024-10-04
Language of the case: Latvian
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Data protection
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Latvia

summary, this court has doubts regarding the interpretation of European 
Union legislation. It is, therefore, necessary to refer questions to the Court of 
Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling. 
[…] [considerations of a procedural nature] 
Operative part 
REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING OF 7. 8. 2023 – CASE C-507/23 
 
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In accordance with Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union, […][reference to national procedural provisions], this court 
decides 
To refer the following questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union for 
a preliminary ruling: 
1. Must Article 82(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation be 
interpreted as meaning that the unlawful processing of personal data, 
in so far as it is an infringement of that regulation, may, in itself, 
constitute unjustified interference with a person’s subjective right to 
the protection of his or her data and damage caused to that person? 
2. Must Article 82(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation be 
interpreted as meaning that, where there is no possibility of restoring 
the situation that existed before the damage was caused, it permits the 
imposition of the obligation to apologise as the sole form of 
compensation for non-material damage? 
3. Must Article 82(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation be 
interpreted as meaning that it permits a smaller amount of 
compensation for the damage caused to be set on the basis of 
circumstances that are indicative of the attitude and motivation of the 
person processing the data (for example, the need to perform a task 
carried out in the public interest, the lack of intent to cause damage to 
the person concerned or difficulties in understanding the legal 
framework)? 
To stay the proceedings pending a ruling from the Court of Justice of the 
European Union. 
This decision is not open to appeal. 
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