Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 March 2021

Criminal proceedings against H. K.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Providers of electronic communications services – Confidentiality of the communications – Limitations – Article 15(1) – Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Legislation providing for the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data by providers of electronic communications services – Access of national authorities to retained data for the purpose of investigations – Combating of crime in general – Authorisation given by the public prosecutor’s office – Use of data in criminal proceedings as evidence – Admissibility

Case C-746/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
09/04/2021 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:152		 02/03/2021 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:152		 02/03/2021 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
25/01/2019 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Request for a preliminary ruling
29/11/2018 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:18		 21/01/2020 Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/11/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 21/01/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

02/03/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Prokuratuur (Conditions d’accès aux données relatives aux communications électroniques)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Droits fondamentaux - Traitement des données personnelles, Europe 2021, nº 5 Mai, comm. 146 (FR)
  2. Rýdlová, Hana: Soudní dvůr EU : rozsudek Soudního dvora EU ze dne 2. 3. 2021 ve věci C-746/18, H. K v. Prokuratuur, Bulletin advokacie 2021 nº 4 p. 60-61 (CS)
  3. Bertrand, Brunessen: L'audace sans le tact : jusqu'où la Cour de justice peut-elle aller trop loin ?, Dalloz IP / IT 2021, nº 9, p. 468-472 (FR)
  4. Cascone, Giulia: La corte di giustizia dell’unione europea definisce le condizioni per la legittimità delle normative nazionali in materia di acquisizione dei tabulati. le ripercussioni sull’ordinamento italianodella sentenza del 2 marzo 2021 (c-746/18) nel caso H.K., Cassazione penale 2022, p. 419-440 (IT)
  5. Cascone, Giulia: La Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea definisce le condizioni per la legittimità delle normative nazionali in materia di acquisizione dei tabulati. Le ripercussioni sull'ordinamento Italiano della sentenza del 2 marzo 2021 (C-746/18) nel caso H.K. - The European Court of Justice defines the conditions for the legitimacy of national legislations on the acquisition of traffic and location data. The consequences on the Italian legal system of the Judgement of the Court of 2 March 2021 (C-746/18) in the case H.K., Cassazione penale 2022, n° 2, p. 419-440 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Riigikohus - Estonia

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Kriminaalmenetluse seadustik (Code de prodédure pénale), §-d 17 lg 1; 30 lg-d 1 ja 2; 90¹ lg-d 2 ja 3; 201, 12/02/2003

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Pitruzzella

Language(s) of the Case

  • Estonian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French