Luxembourg Business Registers
Case C-37/20 (Joined Cases C-37/20, C-601/20)
Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
06/01/2023 Luxembourg Business Registers
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2022:912
22/11/2022 Luxembourg Business Registers
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2022:912
22/11/2022 Luxembourg Business Registers
Application (OJ)
13/03/2020 Luxembourg Business Registers
Request for a preliminary ruling
24/01/2020 Luxembourg Business Registers
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2022:43
20/01/2022 Luxembourg Business Registers
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.
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
    4.11.12 Financial services
      4.11.12.02 Money laundering and terrorist financing
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.02 Scope of the protection of rights and principles
        1.04.02.02.01 Limitation on the exercise of rights and freedoms (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
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
    4.11.12 Financial services
      4.11.12.02 Money laundering and terrorist financing


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 24/01/2020

Date of the Opinion

  • 20/01/2022

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/11/2022


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Luxembourg Business Registers

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Denys, Simon: Transparence - Directive anti-blanchiment, Europe 2023, n° 1 janvier, comm. 3 (FR)
  2. Wéry, Etienne: Arrêt « Luxembourg Business Registers » : vers un contrôle approfondi de la proportionnalité en cas d’ingérence dans la conservation de données personnelles, Journal de droit européen 2023, nº 2, p. 51-53 (FR)
  3. Honée, Louis F.D. ; Os, Carina J. van: Het arrest Luxembourg Business Registers : beperking van de mogelijkheid tot openbare registers? : C-37/20 en C-601/20, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2023 p. 80-85 (NL)
  4. Manhart, Rupert: Les conséquences de l’invalidation du dispositif d’accès du public au registre des bénéficiaires effectifs, L'Observateur de Bruxelles 2023, n° 132 p. 48-52 (FR)
  5. Siems, Mathias M.: Privacy vs. shareholder transparency: Did the ECJ decision in WM and Sovim SA impair the global fight against money laundering?, Common Market Law Review 2023, Volume 60, Issue 4, p. 1137-1152 (EN)
  6. Roussos, Manos: WM and Sovim SA vs Luxembourg Business Registers: A Decision-Ode to Business Privacy or an Eye-Blinking to EU Money Laundering schemes?, European Data Protection Law Review 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 86-91 (EN)
  7. Mvitu Muaka, Jordi: Le registre des bénéficiaires effectifs n'est pas accessible au grand public : réflexion sur la décision de la CJUE du 22 novembre 2022, Revue de l'Union européenne 2023, n° 673 p. 609-612 (FR)
  8. Geibel, Stefan: Datenschutz vs. Registertransparenz : Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 22.11.2022 : C-37/20, C-601/20, WM bzw. Sovim SA ./. Luxembourg Business Registers, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2023 p. 11-18 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws

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

Kumin

Advocate General

Pitruzzella

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French