CELEX: 62015CN0698
Language: en
Date: 2015-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-698/15: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 28 December 2015 — Secretary of State for the Home Department v David Davis, Tom Watson, Peter Brice, Geoffrey Lewis

14.3.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 98/21
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 28 December 2015 — Secretary of State for the Home Department v David Davis, Tom Watson, Peter Brice, Geoffrey Lewis
   (Case C-698/15)
   (2016/C 098/28)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
      Defendants: David Davis, Tom Watson, Peter Brice, Geoffrey Lewis
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does the judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger, ECLI:EU:C:2014:238 (‘Digital Rights Ireland’) (including, in particular, paragraphs 60 to 62 thereof) lay down mandatory requirements of EU law applicable to a Member State's domestic regime governing access to data retained in accordance with national legislation, in order to comply with Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter (‘the EU Charter’)?
            
         
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               Does the judgment of the Court of Justice in Digital Rights Ireland expand the scope of Articles 7 and/or 8 of the EU Charter beyond that of Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (‘ECHR’) as established in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’)?