CJEU - C 288/12 / Judgment

Commission v. Hungary
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
COURT (Grand Chamber)
Type
Decision
Decision date
08/04/2014

Χάρτης των Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης

Title II: Freedoms

Article 8 - Protection of personal data

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  • CJEU - C 288/12 / Judgment
    Key facts of the case:
     
    (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 95/46/EC — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data — Article 28(1) — National supervisory authorities — Independence — National legislation prematurely bringing to an end the term served by the supervisory authority — Creation of a new supervisory authority and appointment of another person as head of that authority)
     
    Results (sanctions) and key consequences of the case:
     
    66. Under Article 138(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the unsuccessful party is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the successful party’s pleadings. Since the Commission has applied for costs and Hungary has been unsuccessful, the latter must be ordered to pay the costs.
     
     
    67. Under Article 140(3) of those rules, the Court may order an intervener other than those mentioned in Article 140(1) and (2) to bear its own costs. Accordingly, the Court finds that the EDPS, which has intervened in the proceedings, must bear its own costs.
     
    On those grounds, the Court (Grand Chamber) hereby:
    1. Declares that, by prematurely bringing to an end the term served by the supervisory authority for the protection of personal data, Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data;
    2. Orders Hungary to pay the costs;
    3. Orders the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to bear its own costs.
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