Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 October 2018

Proceedings brought by Ministerio Fiscal

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Tarragona

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications — Processing of personal data — Directive 2002/58/EC — Articles 1 and 3 — Scope — Confidentiality of electronic communications — Protection — Article 5 and Article 15(1) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7 and 8 — Data processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services — Access of national authorities to the data for the purposes of an investigation — Threshold of seriousness of an offence capable of justifying access to the data

Case C-207/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/11/2018 Ministerio Fiscal
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:788
02/10/2018 Ministerio Fiscal
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:788
02/10/2018 Ministerio Fiscal
Application (OJ)
24/06/2016 Ministerio Fiscal
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:300
03/05/2018 Ministerio Fiscal
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications
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
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 14/04/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 03/05/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

02/10/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 436 from 03.12.2018, p.2

Application: OJ C 251 from 11.07.2016, p.7

Name of the parties

Ministerio Fiscal

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Skubic, Zoran: Komunikacijska zasebnost pri pregonu lažjih kaznivih dejanj, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 43 p.29-30 (SL)
  2. Michel, Valérie: Protection des données, Europe 2018 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.12 (FR)
  3. Caiola, Antonio: À la recherche de la juste pondération entre ingérence dans la vie privée et nécessité de lutte contre la criminalité, Revue des affaires européennes 2018 N°4 p.719-728 (FR)
  4. Van de Heyning, C.: Overzicht van rechtspraak - Het bewaren en gebruik van telecommunicatie gegevens in het strafrechtelijk onderzoek: de hoogste hoven in dialoog, Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht 2019 nº 1 p.38-47 (NL)
  5. Tracol, Xavier: Ministerio Fiscal: Access of public authorities to personal data retained by providers of electronic communications services, European Data Protection Law Review 2019 Vol.5 N°1 p.127-135 (EN)
  6. Dommering, Egbert J.: HvJ EU 02-10-2018, C-207/16 : noot, Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2020 nº 28 p. 3753-3754 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Audiencia provincial de Tarragona - Spain

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal (BOE núm. 281 de 24 de Noviembre de 1995), artículo 13.1

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

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French