Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 November 2011.

Asociación Nacional de Establecimientos Financieros de Crédito (ASNEF) (C-468/10) and Federación de Comercio Electrónico y Marketing Directo (FECEMD) (C-469/10) v Administración del Estado.

References for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal Supremo - Spain.

Processing of personal data - Directive 95/46/EC - Article 7(f) - Direct effect.

Joined cases C-468/10 and C-469/10.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/01/2012 ASNEF
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2011:777
24/11/2011 ASNEF
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2011:777
24/11/2011 ASNEF
Application (OJ)
18/12/2010 ASNEF
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2010:638
26/10/2010 ASNEF
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2011 I-12181

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling - Tribunal Supremo - Interpretation of Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ 1995 L 281, p. 31) – Processing of data by controllers and communication to the addressees to satisfy their respective legitimate interests - Additional requirements – Direct effect of the provisions of a directive

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.08 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.02 Scope of the protection of rights and principles
        1.04.02.02.01 Limitation on the exercise of rights and freedoms (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.08 Protection of personal data
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.01 Direct effect


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 28/09/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

24/11/2011


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 346 from 18.12.2010, p.31

Judgment: OJ C 25 from 28.01.2012, p.18

Name of the parties

ASNEF

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Picod, Fabrice: Exclusion des conditions supplémentaires fixées catégoriquement par la loi mais pouvoir d'appréciation au cas par cas, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2011 nº 49 p.2419 (FR)
  2. Bagger Tranberg, Charlotte: Direktivstridige semifølsomme oplysninger, Juristen 2012 nº 1 p.35-40 (DA)
  3. Kauff-Gazin, Fabienne: Directive « protection des données », Europe 2012 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.4 (FR)
  4. Freund, Bernhard: EuGH: Vollharmonisierende Wirkung der Datenschutzrichtlinie, Computer und Recht 2012 p.32-33 (DE)
  5. Wuermeling, Ulrich: Beschäftigtendatenschutz auf der europäischen Achterbahn, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2012 p.368-370 (DE)
  6. Halász, Bálint: Személyes adatok kezelése hozzájárulás nélkül - egy uniós bírósági ítélet és következménye, Infokommunikáció és jog 2012 nº 48 p.18-21 (HU)
  7. Diedrich, Kay: Vollharmonisierung des EU-Datenschutzrechts - bereits geltende Vorgaben für deutsche Datenschutzgesetze, Computer und Recht 2013 p.408-412 (DE)
  8. Gimeno, Marta: On the direct effect of Article 7 (f) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.206-211 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal Supremo - Spain

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Data protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Real Decreto 1720/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de desarrollo de la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de protección de datos de carácter personal, de 13 de diciembre de 1999, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal (BOE de 14 de diciembre de 1999) Real Decreto 1720/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de desarrollo de la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de protección de datos de carácter personal, de 21 de diciembre de 2007, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de desarrollo de la Ley Orgánica 15/1999 (BOE de 19 de enero de 2008)

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available