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Document 62013CA0650
Case C-650/13: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux — France) — Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 39 and 49 — European Parliament — Elections — Right to vote — Citizenship of the European Union — Retroactive effect of the more lenient criminal law — National legislation providing for the deprivation of the right to vote in the case of a criminal conviction by a final judgment delivered before 1 March 1994)
Case C-650/13: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux — France) — Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 39 and 49 — European Parliament — Elections — Right to vote — Citizenship of the European Union — Retroactive effect of the more lenient criminal law — National legislation providing for the deprivation of the right to vote in the case of a criminal conviction by a final judgment delivered before 1 March 1994)
Case C-650/13: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux — France) — Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 39 and 49 — European Parliament — Elections — Right to vote — Citizenship of the European Union — Retroactive effect of the more lenient criminal law — National legislation providing for the deprivation of the right to vote in the case of a criminal conviction by a final judgment delivered before 1 March 1994)
OJ C 389, 23.11.2015, p. 3–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
23.11.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 389/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux — France) — Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde
(Case C-650/13) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Articles 39 and 49 - European Parliament - Elections - Right to vote - Citizenship of the European Union - Retroactive effect of the more lenient criminal law - National legislation providing for the deprivation of the right to vote in the case of a criminal conviction by a final judgment delivered before 1 March 1994))
(2015/C 389/03)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Tribunal d’instance de Bordeaux
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Thierry Delvigne
Defendants: Commune de Lesparre-Médoc, Préfet de la Gironde
Operative part of the judgment
Article 39(2) and the last sentence of Article 49(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as not precluding legislation of a Member State, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which excludes, by operation of law, from those entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament persons who, like the applicant in the main proceedings, were convicted of a serious crime and whose conviction became final before 1 March 1994.