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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber)

1 October 2015 (*)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 4(1) and 28(1), (3) and (6) — Controller who is formally established in a Member State — Impairment of the right to the protection of personal data concerning natural persons in another Member State — Determination of the applicable law and the competent supervisory authority — Exercise of the powers of the supervisory authority — Power to impose penalties)

In Case C‑230/14,

REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Kúria (Hungary), made by decision of 22 April 2014, received at the Court on 12 May 2014, in the proceedings

Weltimmo s. r. o.

v

Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság,

THE COURT (Third Chamber),

composed of M. Ilešič, President of the Chamber, A. Ó Caoimh, C. Toader, E. Jarašiūnas and C.G. Fernlund (Rapporteur), Judges,

Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón,

Registrar: I. Illéssy, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 12 March 2015,

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:

–        the Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság, by A. Péterfalvi, acting as Agent, and by G. Dudás, ügyvéd,

–        the Hungarian Government, by M. Z. Fehér, G. Koós and A. Pálfy, acting as Agents,

–        the Polish Government, by B. Majczyna, M. Kamejsza and M. Pawlicka, acting as Agents,

–        the Slovak Government, by B. Ricziová, acting as Agent,

–        the United Kingdom Government, by M. Holt, acting as Agent, and by J. Holmes, Barrister,