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title: "GDPR Article 31: Cooperation with the supervisory authority"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/article-31"
type: "legal-text"
date: ""
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# GDPR Article 31: Cooperation with the supervisory authority

_CHAPTER IV . Section 1_

The controller and the processor and, where applicable, their representatives, shall cooperate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its tasks.

## Relevant recitals

- [Recital 82](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-82): Record of Processing Activities

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal consolidated HTML (CELEX 32016R0679). Recital short titles are editorial labels from gdpr-info.eu editorial short titles (not official). Cross-checked against gdpr-info.eu (independent reproduction).