Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 April 2022

G.D. v The Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and Others

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Confidentiality of the communications – Providers of electronic communications services – General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data – Access to retained data – Subsequent court supervision – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) – Possibility for a national court to restrict the temporal effect of a declaration of the invalidity of national legislation that is incompatible with EU law – Excluded

Case C-140/20


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/05/2022 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2022:258		 05/04/2022 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2022:258		 05/04/2022 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
10/07/2020 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
25/03/2020 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:942		 18/11/2021 Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
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

1.
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 25/03/2020

Date of the Opinion

  • 18/11/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/04/2022


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Commissioner of An Garda Síochána

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Droits fondamentaux - Protection des données, Europe Europe 2022, n° 6 Juin, comm. 186 (FR)
  2. Rizzo, Anthony: Arrêt « Commissioner of An Garda Síochána » : la conservation généralisée des données de télécommunication et la lutte contre la criminalité grave, Journal de droit européen 2022, nº 8, p. 383-386 (FR)
  3. Chelo, Andrea: Tabula rasa sui tabulati? riflessioni a margine della recente giurisprudenza della corte di giustiziadell’unione europea, Cassazione penale 2022, p. 3268-3286 (IT)
  4. Chelo, Andrea: Tabula rasa sui tabulati? Riflessioni a margine della recente giurisprudenza della Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea - Tabula rasa on phone records? Thoughts in and around the recent case law of the EU Court of Justice, Cassazione penale 2022, n° 9, p. 3268-3286 (IT)
  5. Tracol, Xavier: The joined cases of Dwyer, SpaceNet and VD and SR before the European Court of Justice: The judgments of the Grand Chamber about data retention continue falling on deaf ears in Member States, Computer law & security review 2023, Volume 48, 14 p. (EN)
  6. Vernet, Philippe ; Picard, Nissim ; Ekwalla Timsonet, Anne-Charlotte: Marchés libéralisés, Journal de droit européen 2023, nº 4, p. 214-223 (FR)
  7. Teyssedre, Julie: Strictly regulated retention and access regimes for metadata: Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Common Market Law Review 2023, Volume 60, Issue 2, p. p. 569-588 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court - Ireland

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

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

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish