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Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling – Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux – Interpretation of Articles 49 and 39 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – More favourable criminal legislation that may not be applied to persons who were convicted by a final judgment before that legislation came into force – Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament – National legislation providing for a permanent ban on exercising civil and political rights – Equality of treatment between nationals of the Member States – Inadmissibility.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 : paragraphs 1, 20, 38
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 -P1 : paragraphs 23, 41, 43
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 -P2 : paragraphs 41, 43 - 46, 48, 52, 58
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 : paragraphs 1, 20, 38
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 -P1 : paragraphs 23, 53, 56, 58
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : paragraphs 24 - 26, 33, 46
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P2 : paragraph 40
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P7 : paragraph 41
• TFEU, Article 20 -P2LB : paragraphs 41, 42
• TFEU, Article 267 : paragraph 36
• TEU, Article 6 -P1L3 : paragraph 41
• TEU, Article 14 -P3 : paragraphs 32, 33, 41, 44
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A01 : paragraph 3
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A01P3 : paragraphs 31 - 33, 44
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A01P8 : paragraph 31
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A08 : paragraphs 4, 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 -N66 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 -N70 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 -N78 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/04 -N43 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/04 -N45 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/09 -N50 : paragraph 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -571/10 -N40 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -571/10 -N42 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N17 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N19 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N22 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/13 -N29 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/13 -N30 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/14 -N24 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/14 -N25 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -237/15 -N55 : paragraph 46

Operative part

• Interprets : Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 -P2
• Interprets : Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 -P1

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 189 : point 100
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 190 : point 92
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 : points 9, 25, 52, 63, 73, 124, 125
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 -P1 : points 1, 100, 108
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 39 -P2 : points 108, 110
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 : points 25, 52, 73, 125
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 -P1 : points 1, 10, 63, 86, 88
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 : points 11, 85
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : points 2, 63, 90
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P2 : point 68
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 : point 12
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1 : point 112
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A23 : point 49
  
• TFEU, Article 20 : point 7
  
• TFEU, Article 22 -P2 : point 8
  
• TFEU, Article 223 -P1 : points 92, 93, 95, 101, 102, 106
  
• TFEU, Article 325 : point 79
  
• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : point 78
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P1 : point 68
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P1L2 : point 95
  
• TEU, Article 10 : point 5
  
• TEU, Article 14 -P2 : point 100
  
• Directive 77/388 : point 78
  
• Directive 2006/112 : point 78
  
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) : points 97, 102
  
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A01 : point 13
  
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A01P3 : point 97
  
• Additional Right - Measure published in the OJ L series - 41976X1008(01) -A07 : points 14, 98
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -294/83 -N23 : point 98
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/88 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 -N42 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -2/92 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -144/95 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -299/95 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -299/95 -N15 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -368/95 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 -N13 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 -N21 : points 84, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 -N22 : points 84, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/96 -N23 : points 84, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/00 -N25 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -145/04 -N68 : point 100
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 -N74 : point 100
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/04 -N94 : point 120
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -349/07 -N34 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -544/07 -N38 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -617/10 : point 99
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 : points 2, 65, 96
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N23 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N24 : point 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N25 : point 78
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N26 : points 79, 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N29 : points 67, 105
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/11 -N58 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/11 -N79 : point 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/11 -N71 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/11 -N72 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N29 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N53 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N60 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N25 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -87/12 -N41 : point 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -206/13 -N24 : point 85
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 09/12/2013

Date of the Opinion

• 04/06/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

06/10/2015

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 389 from 23.11.2015, p.3

Application: OJ C 129 from 28.04.2014, p.7

Name of the parties

Delvigne

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Trucco, Lara: Il caso Delvigne e il diritto di voto europeo, Quaderni costituzionali 2015 p.1030-1033 (IT)
2. Berlin, Dominique: Un problème de compétence escamoté ?, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2015 nº 49 p.2232-2235 (FR)
3. Tinière, Romain: Cour de justice, gde ch., 6 octobre 2015, Delvigne, aff. C-650/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:648, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.130-134 (FR)
4. Benlolo Carabot, Myriam: Cour de justice, gde ch., 6 octobre 2015, Thierry Delvigne c/ Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde, aff. C-650/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:648, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.246-249 (FR)
5. Lentzis, Dimosthenis: Chartis themeliodon dikaiomaton, Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2015 p.497-500 (EL)
6. Rigaux, Anne: Droit de vote et d'éligibilité aux élections européennes, Europe 2015 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.18-19 (FR)
7. Van Rossem, J.W.C.: Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2016 Afl.12 p. 636-638 (NL)
8. Tinière, Romain: Arrêt "Delvigne" : le droit de vote des (ex)-prisonniers devant la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2016 nº 225 p.14-15 (FR)
9. Balthasar-Wach, Agnes ; Hofbauer, Yara: Hirst vs Delvigne: Wendepunkt für das aktive Wahlrecht von Straftätern in der EU?, Journal für Strafrecht 2016 p.148-153 (DE)
10. Van Eijken, Hanneke ; van Rossem, Jan Willem: Prisoner disenfranchisement and the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament: Universal suffrage key to unlocking political citizenship?, European Constitutional Law Review 2016 Vol. 12 p.114-132 (EN)
11. Rulka, Marcin: Prawo do głosowania w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 6.10.2015 r. w sprawie C-650/13 Thierry Delvigne przeciwko Commune de Lesparre-Médoc i Préfet de la Gironde, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2016 Vol. 4 p.28-35 (PL)
12. Gundel, Jörg: Der Verlust der bürgerlichen Ehrenrechte als Eingriff in die Grundrechtecharta – Neues zur Reichweite des EU-Grundrechtsschutzes gegenüber den Mitgliedstaaten und zur lex-mitior-Garantie, Europarecht 2016 Heft 2 p.176-187 (DE)
13. Tinière, Romain: III. Droits fondamentaux - Cour de justice, gde ch., 6 octobre 2015, Delvigne, aff. C-650/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:648, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 130-134 (FR)
14. Benlolo Carabot, Myriam: VI. Citoyenneté - Cour de justice, gde ch., 6 octobre 2015, Thierry Delvigne c/ Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde, aff. C-650/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:648, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 246-249 (FR)
15. Coutts, Stephen: Delvigne: A Multi-Levelled Political Citizenship, European Law Review 2017 p.867-881 (EN)
16. Svobodová, Magdaléna: Listina základních práv EU v judikatuře Ústavního soudu ČR, Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví 2017 nº23-24 p.823-828 (CS)
17. Pelletier, Marc: La CJUE et le principe non bis in idem: un pas en arrière, deux pas en avant, Revue de droit fiscal 2018 n°14 p. 2-4 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal d'instance de Bordeaux - France

Subject-matter

• Citizenship of the Union
  
• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Loi du 16/12/1992, art. 370 Loi du 06/01/1978

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales, protocole additionnel (20/03/1952), article 3 du protocole nº1

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish