Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 January 2024.#État belge v Autorité de protection des données.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d'appel de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point 7 of Article 4 – Concept of ‘controller’ – Official journal of a Member State – Obligation to publish as they stand company documents prepared by companies or their legal representatives – Article 5(2) – Successive processing of the personal data contained in such documents by several separate persons or entities – Determination of responsibilities.#Case C-231/22.