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Document 62022CN0769
Case C-769/22: Action brought on 19 December 2022 — European Commission v Hungary
Case C-769/22: Action brought on 19 December 2022 — European Commission v Hungary
Case C-769/22: Action brought on 19 December 2022 — European Commission v Hungary
OJ C 54, 13.2.2023, p. 16–17
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
13.2.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 54/16 |
Action brought on 19 December 2022 — European Commission v Hungary
(Case C-769/22)
(2023/C 54/19)
Language of the case: Hungarian
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, K. Talabér-Ritz, L. Malferrari and J. Tomkin, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hungary
Form of order sought
The Commission claims that the Court should:
declare that, by adopting the a pedofil bűnelkövetőkkel szembeni szigorúbb fellépésről, valamint a gyermekek védelme érdekében egyes törvények módosításáról szóló 2021. évi LXXIX. törvény (Law LXXIX of 2021 adopting stricter measures against persons convicted of paedophilia and amending certain laws for the protection of children), Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law in the following ways:
(1) |
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(2) |
by adopting the legislation cited in the first paragraph, Hungary has infringed Article 2 TEU. |
(3) |
by imposing on the body with direct access to the registered data an obligation to make available, to persons entitled to access them, the registered data of persons who have committed, against children, offences against sexual freedom and sexual morality, Hungary has infringed Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on general data protection, as well as Article 8(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. |
(4) |
order Hungary to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
On 15 June 2021, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the a pedofil bűnelkövetőkkel szembeni szigorúbb fellépésről, valamint a gyermekek védelme érdekében egyes törvények módosításáról szóló 2021. évi LXXIX. törvény (Law LXXIX of 2021 adopting stricter measures against persons convicted of paedophilia and amending certain laws for the protection of children), which entered into force on 8 July 2021. The Law contains amendments to a number of different legal provisions covering, inter alia, media services, advertising, electronic commerce and education. The amendments impose a number of prohibitions and restrictions in relation to the promotion or portrayal of gender identities that do not correspond to the sex assigned at birth, sex reassignment or homosexuality.
On 15 July 2021, the Commission initiated infringement proceedings against Hungary in relation to Law LXXIX of 2021.
Finding that the response provided by Hungary was unsatisfactory, the Commission moved to the next phase of the infringement proceedings and, on 2 December 2021, sent Hungary a reasoned opinion.
Finding that the response to the reasoned opinion was also unsatisfactory, the Commission decided to refer the case to the Court of Justice for a declaration that Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3(1), 6a(1), and 9(1)(c)(ii) of Directive 2010/13/EU on audiovisual media services, Article 3(2) of Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, Articles 16 and 19 of Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on general data protection, Article 56 TFEU, Articles 1, 7, 8(2), 11 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and Article 2 TEU.
(1) Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ 2000 L 178, p. 1).
(3) Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (OJ 2010 L 95, p. 1).