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Document 62021CN0548

    Case C-548/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Tirol (Austria) lodged on 6 September 2021 — C.G. v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck

    OJ C 109, 7.3.2022, p. 14–14 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ C 109, 7.3.2022, p. 6–6 (GA)

    7.3.2022   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 109/14


    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Tirol (Austria) lodged on 6 September 2021 — C.G. v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck

    (Case C-548/21)

    (2022/C 109/20)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Landesverwaltungsgericht Tirol

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Complainant: C.G.

    Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck

    Questions referred

    1.

    Is Article 15(1) (possibly read in combination with Article 5) of Directive 2002/58/EC, (1) as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC, (2) read in the light of Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be interpreted as meaning that public authorities’ access to data stored on mobile telephones entails interference with fundamental rights enshrined in those articles of the Charter which is sufficiently serious to entail that access being limited, in areas of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, to the objective of fighting serious crime?

    2.

    Is Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/136, read in the light of Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be interpreted as meaning that it precludes a national rule, such as that enacted in Paragraph 18 of the Strafprozessordnung (Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure), read in combination with Paragraph 99(1) thereof, which allows security authorities to grant themselves full and uncontrolled access to all digital data stored on a mobile telephone in the course of a criminal investigation without the authorisation of a court or independent administrative body?

    3.

    Is Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, possibly read in combination with Articles 41 and 52 thereof, to be interpreted, from the point of view of equality of arms and from the point of view of an effective remedy, as meaning that it precludes a national rule, such as that enacted in Paragraph 18 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, read in combination with Paragraph 99(1) thereof, which allows data processing of a mobile telephone without advising the data subject before or, at the very least, after the measure is taken?


    (1)  Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ 2002 L 201, p. 37).

    (2)  Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (OJ 2009 L 337, p. 11).


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