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Case C-234/21, Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes and Others: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle - Belgium) – Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL, NG, WL v Conseil des ministres (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 91/477/EEC – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Firearms prohibited or subject to authorisation – Semi-automatic firearms – Directive 91/477, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 – Article 7(4a) – Power of Member States to confirm, renew or prolong authorisations – Presumed impossibility of using that power in respect of semi-automatic firearms converted to fire blanks or into salute or acoustic weapons – Validity – Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)
Case C-234/21, Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes and Others: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle - Belgium) – Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL, NG, WL v Conseil des ministres (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 91/477/EEC – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Firearms prohibited or subject to authorisation – Semi-automatic firearms – Directive 91/477, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 – Article 7(4a) – Power of Member States to confirm, renew or prolong authorisations – Presumed impossibility of using that power in respect of semi-automatic firearms converted to fire blanks or into salute or acoustic weapons – Validity – Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)
Case C-234/21, Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes and Others: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle - Belgium) – Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL, NG, WL v Conseil des ministres (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 91/477/EEC – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Firearms prohibited or subject to authorisation – Semi-automatic firearms – Directive 91/477, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 – Article 7(4a) – Power of Member States to confirm, renew or prolong authorisations – Presumed impossibility of using that power in respect of semi-automatic firearms converted to fire blanks or into salute or acoustic weapons – Validity – Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)
OJ C, C/2024/2899, 6.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2899/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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C/2024/2899 |
6.5.2024 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle - Belgium) – Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL, NG, WL v Conseil des ministres
(Case C-234/21, (1) Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes and Others)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 91/477/EEC - Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons - Firearms prohibited or subject to authorisation - Semi-automatic firearms - Directive 91/477, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 - Article 7(4a) - Power of Member States to confirm, renew or prolong authorisations - Presumed impossibility of using that power in respect of semi-automatic firearms converted to fire blanks or into salute or acoustic weapons - Validity - Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)
(C/2024/2899)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Cour constitutionnelle
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL, NG, WL
Defendant: Conseil des ministres
Operative part of the judgment
The consideration of the question referred for a preliminary ruling has not revealed any factor capable of affecting the validity of Article 7(4a) of Council Directive 91/477/EEC of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017, in the light of Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2899/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)