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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 1 October 2020 – Varuh človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije

(Case C-486/20)

Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Varuh človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije

Defendants: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, Vlada Republike Slovenije

Questions referred

Is point 8 of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2016/681 1 compatible with Articles 7 and 8 and the first paragraph of Article 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in view of the fact that it is not clear whether it includes only the information relating to the fact that the person concerned has frequent flier status, or also other information relating to flights and bookings covered by the frequent flyer programme, which might mean that the requirement relating to the clarity and precision of rules affecting the right to protection of private life and the right to protection of personal data is not met?

Is point 12 of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2016/681 compatible with Articles 7 and 8 and the first paragraph of Article 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in view of the fact that the requested information is not set out in detail and, at the same time, that that point of the annex does not lay down any limitation on the nature and scope of the information, which might mean that the requirement relating to the clarity and precision of rules affecting the right to protection of private life and the right to protection of personal data is not met?

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1     Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 132).