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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

Also searched as: Case C-371/24, C-371/24 2026, ECLI:EU:C:2026:219.

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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.

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