Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-371/24Criminal proceedings against Ministère public
- Decided
- 2026-03-19
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2026:219
- CELEX
- 62024CJ0371
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of combating criminal offences – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 10 – Processing of special categories of personal data – Collection of biometric data – Taking of fingerprints and of photographs – Person reasonably suspected on one or more grounds of having committed or attempted to commit a criminal offence – Whether strictly necessary – Discretion – Obligation to state reasons – Refusal of the data subject to consent to the collection of his or her biometric data – National legislation allowing a person to be prosecuted for and convicted of a specific criminal offence penalising such a refusal, even in the absence of any prosecution or conviction in respect of the criminal offence that formed the basis of the envisaged collection of those data.
Interprets
Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
The row repeats what the source states. It is not a summary, not a conclusion about any single case and not legal advice.
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