Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 May 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Wolfgang Glatzel v Freistaat Bayern

(Case C-356/12) ¹

(Request for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Directive 2006/126/EC — Point 6.4 of Annex III — Validity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 20, 21(1) and 26 — United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — Driving licences — Physical and mental fitness to drive a motor vehicle — Minimum standards — Visual acuity — Equal treatment — No possibility of derogation — Proportionality)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Wolfgang Glatzel

Defendant: Freistaat Bayern

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Validity of point 6.4 of Annex III to Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (OJ 2006 L 403, p. 18), as amended by Commission Directive 2009/113/EC of 25 August 2009 (OJ 2009 L 223, p. 31) — Interpretation of Articles 20, 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Minimum standards concerning physical and mental fitness to drive a motor vehicle of categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E — Requirement for visual acuity of at least 0.1, with optical correction if necessary, in the worse of the two eyes

Operative part of the judgment

The examination of the question does not reveal any information capable of affecting the validity of point 6.4 of Annex III to Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences, as amended by Commission Directive 2009/113/EC of 25 August 2009 in the light of Articles 20, 21(1) or 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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¹ OJ C 9, 12.1.2013.