Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 November 2023.#Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v Scania CV AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Market for motor vehicle repair and maintenance information services – Regulation (EU) 2018/858 – Approval and market surveillance of repair and maintenance information services for motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles – Article 61(1) and (2) – Annex X, point 6.1 – Independent operators – Information ‘easily accessible in the form of machine-readable and electronically readable data sets’ – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1)(c) – Processing of personal data – Legal obligation on car manufacturers to make vehicle identification numbers (VIN) available to independent operators.#Case C-319/22.