(Case C-481/21 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 4August 2021– TX v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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(Case C-481/21 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 4August 2021– TX v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Fecha: 04-Ago-2021

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 4August 2021– TX v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Case C-481/21)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: TX

Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, represented by the Bundeskriminalamt

Questions referred

Considered in the light of Article54 of Directive (EU) 2016/680,1 is Article15(3) and (1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680, read in conjunction with Article14 thereof, to be interpreted as meaning that it permits national legislation

under which, in the case of joint responsibility for data processing, the entity actually responsible for the data stored does not have to be named, and

which also allows access to be refused without substantive reasons being given to a court?

If Questions 1(a) and 1(b) are answered in the affirmative, is Article15(3) and (1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 consistent with the right to an effective judicial remedy under Article47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union1 even though it would thus be impossible for the court

to join to the proceedings, in accordance with national procedural rules, in a multi-stage administrative procedure, the other authority which is involved and is actually responsible and which must give its consent to the provision of access to data; and

substantively to verify whether the conditions for the refusal of access are met and have been correctly applied by the authority refusing access?

Does the refusal of access and thus of an effective remedy under Article47 of the Charter unlawfully interfere with the freedom to choose an occupation under Article15 of the Charter in the case where the information stored is used to exclude a data subject from the desired activity on the ground of an alleged security risk?

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1 Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (OJ 2016 L119, p.89).1 OJ 2012 C 326, p. 391.
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