Case C-553/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 12 December 2007 — College van burgemeester en wethouders van Rotterdam v M.E.E. Rijkeboer
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Netherlands, data protection, disclosure of information, fundamental rights, interpretation of the law, protection of privacy

C 64/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.3.2008

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State
(Netherlands) lodged on 12 December 2007 — College van
burgemeester en wethouders van Rotterdam v M.E.E.
Rijkeboer

(Case C-553/07)

(2008/C 64/29)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Defendant: Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH

Questions referred

1. Is the term ‘intermediary’ in Article 5(1)(a) and Article 8(3)
of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of
certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the informa-
tion society (1)
to be interpreted as including an access
provider who merely provides a user with access to the
network by allocating him a dynamic IP address but does
not himself provide him with any services such as e-mail,
FTP or
file-sharing services and does not exercise any
control, either in law or in fact, over the services which the
user makes use of?

Parties to the main proceedings

2. If the first question is answered in the affirmative:

Appellant: College
Rotterdam

van burgemeester

en wethouders

van

Respondent: M.E.E. Rijkeboer

Question referred

Is the restriction, provided for in the Netherlands Law on local-
authority personal records, on the communication of data to
one year prior to the relevant request compatible with Article
12(a) of Directive 95/46/EC (1) of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of indivi-
duals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the
free movement of such data, whether or not read in conjunction
with Article 6(1)(e) of that directive and the principle of propor-
tionality?

(1) OJ 1995 L 281, p. 31.

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster
Gerichtshof (Austria)
lodged on 14 December 2007 —
LSG-Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Leistungsschutz-
rechten GmbH v Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH

(Case C-557/07)

(2008/C 64/30)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Is Article 8(3) of Directive 2004/48/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the
enforcement of intellectual property rights (2), having regard
to Article 6 and Article 15 of Directive 2002/58/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002
concerning the processing of personal data and the protec-
tion of privacy in the electronic communications sector, to
be interpreted (restrictively) as not permitting the disclosure
of personal
the
purpose of civil proceedings for alleged infringements of
exclusive rights protected by copyright (rights of exploitation
and use)?

traffic data to private third parties for

(1) OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10.
(2) OJ 2004 L 157, p. 45.

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna
Halduskohus (Estonia) lodged on 18 December 2007 — AS
ja
Balbiino v EV Põllumajandusministeerium, Maksu-

Tolliameti Põhja maksu- ja tollikeskus

(Case C-560/07)

(2008/C 64/31)

Language of the case: Estonian

Referring court

Tallinna Halduskohus

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: AS Balbiino

Applicant:
tungsschutzrechten GmbH

LSG-Gesellschaft

zur Wahrnehmung

von Leis-

Defendants: EV Põllumajandusministeerium, Maksu- ja Tolliameti
Põhja maksu- ja tollikeskus