Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2021

Criminal proceedings against HP

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order (EIO) – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 2(c)(i) – Concept of ‘issuing authority’ – Article 6 – Conditions for issuing an EIO – Article 9(1) and (3) – Recognition of an EIO – EIO seeking to obtain traffic and location data associated with telecommunications, issued by a public prosecutor designated as ‘issuing authority’ by the national measure transposing Directive 2014/41 – Exclusive competence of the judge, in a similar domestic case, to order the investigative measure indicated in that order

Case C-724/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
04/02/2022 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1020
16/12/2021 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1020
16/12/2021 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
Application (OJ)
22/11/2019 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
Request for a preliminary ruling
01/10/2019 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:414
20/05/2021 Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)
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
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.03 Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
      4.06.03.01 Harmonization of laws
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.03 Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
      4.06.03.01 Harmonization of laws


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 01/10/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 20/05/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/12/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Spetsializirana prokuratura () and à la localisation)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Coopération en matière pénale - Décision d’enquête européenne, Europe 2022, nº 2 Février, comm. 45 (FR)
  2. A., I.: Sulla individuazione dell'autorità competente all 'emissione di un ordine europeo di indagine finalizzato all'acquisizione dei dati relativi al traffico e al luogo delle telecomunicazioni : C-724/19, Cassazione penale 2022 p. 1637-1642 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad - Bulgaria

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters

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

Quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • Bulgarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish