European Union: Lawsuit requesting suspension of execution of adequacy decision for EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Latombe v Commission)

Progress

Current status
under appeal
31 Oct 2025 under appeal
03 Sep 2025 in force
12 Oct 2023 under investigation
08 Sep 2023 under deliberation
06 Sep 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

31 Oct 2025
under appeal

Latombe filed appeal against General Court dismissal of challenge to European Union–United States Data Protection Framework adequacy decision in Latombe v Commission

On 31 October 2025, Philippe Latombe filed an appeal (Case C-703/25 P) against a ruling by the General Court that upheld the validity of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), seeking review of the General Court’s judgment in Case T-553/23. The app…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
03 Sep 2025
in force

General Court of European Union dismissed challenge to European Union-United States data protection framework adequacy decision

On 3 September 2025, the General Court of the European Union dismissed Philippe Latombe's challenge to the European Union (EU) United States (US) Data Protection Framework adequacy decision adopted by the Commission on 10 July 2023. The decision fol…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
12 Oct 2023
under investigation

General Court of the European Union dismissed emergency suspension of lawsuit request concerning Adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Latombe v Commission)

On 12 October 2023, the General Court of the European Union rejected the application for interim measures to suspend the Adequacy Decision from 10 July 2023, requested by a French national. In the lawsuit requesting suspension of the execution of th…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
08 Sep 2023
under deliberation

Filed request for emergency judicial suspension of EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Latombe v Commission)

On 8 September 2023, Latombe filed a lawsuit against the European Commission requesting an emergency suspension of the execution of the Adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. He made this request on the grounds that it was urgent th…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
06 Sep 2023
under deliberation

Filed lawsuit requesting annulment of adequacy decision for EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Latombe v Commission)

On 6 September 2023, Latombe filed a lawsuit against the European Commission requesting annulment of Adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Latombe v Commission). The plaintiff, Latombe, a French national, claimed that his personal …

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court