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Volker und Markus Schecke GbR and Hartmut Eifert v Land Hessen (C-92/09, C-93/09)
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Volker und Markus Schecke GbR and Hartmut Eifert v Land Hessen (C-92/09, C-93/09)

Judgment of 9 Nov 2010law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-92-09/para_47@2026-11-11

47In this regard, Article 8(1) of the Charter states that ‘[e]veryone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her’. That fundamental right is closely connected with the right to respect of private life expressed in Article 7 of the Charter.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Cases: C-92/09, C-93/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:662
Decided: 9 Nov 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany)
Ruled invalid: Regulation 2005/1290, Regulation 2008/259
Applicants: Volker und Markus Schecke GbR; Hartmut Eifert
Defendants: Land Hessen; joined party:; Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Rapporteur: K. Lenaerts
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 11 judges
V. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, K. Schiemann, A. Arabadjiev, J.-J. Kasel, E. Juhász, C. Toader, M. Safjan
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0092

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Agriculture Approximation of laws Charter of Fundamental Rights Protection of personal data

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Interprets 3: Directive 95/46/EC; Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy; Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2008 of 18 March 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the publication of information on the beneficiaries of funds deriving from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Cited by 23: La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Others (C-511/18, C-512/18, C-520/18); Proceedings brought by B (C-439/19); Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems (C-311/18); GC and Others v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) (C-136/17); Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others (C-623/17); Valsts policijas Rīgas reģiona pārvaldes Kārtības policijas pārvalde v Rīgas pašvaldības SIA "Rīgas satiksme" (C-13/16); Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd and Others v Staatssecretaris van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (C-160/20); État luxembourgeois v B and Others (C-245/19, C-246/19)2 provisions; WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers (C-37/20); Deutsche Post AG v Hauptzollamt Köln (C-496/17); Google LLC, successor in law to Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) (C-507/17); Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v A and Others (C-70/18); Robert Roos and Others v European Parliament (C-458/22); European Commission v Hungary (C-78/18)2 provisions; Vivendi SE v European Commission (T-1097/23); Lagardère SA v European Commission (T-1119/23); DADA Music SRL and Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR) v Asociaţia Radiourilor Locale şi Regionale (ARLR) (C-37/24); KN v European Parliament (T-401/21); OC v European External Action Service (T-681/20); Francisco Carreras Sequeros and Others v European Commission (T-518/16); Maria Psara and Others v European Parliament (T-639/15, T-94/16); Chambre de commerce et d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v European Commission (T-39/17); European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (C-380/16)
Cites 18: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Directive 95/46/EC; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data; Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC; Rechnungshof v Österreichischer Rundfunk and Others and Christa Neukomm and Joseph Lauermann v Österreichischer Rundfunk (C-465/00, C-138/01, C-139/01); Tietosuojavaltuutettu v Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy (C-73/07); Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy; Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2008 of 18 March 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the publication of information on the beneficiaries of funds deriving from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD); Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman, Royal club liégeois SA v Jean-Marc Bosman and others and Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) v Jean-Marc Bosman (C-415/93); Council Regulation (EC) No 1437/2007 of 26 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy; European Commission v The Bavarian Lager Co. Ltd (C-28/08 P); Minister voor Wonen, Wijken en Integratie v Woningstichting Sint Servatius (C-567/07); Manuel Acereda Herrera v Servicio Cántabro de Salud (C-466/04); Centro Europa 7 Srl v Ministero delle Comunicazioni e Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni and Direzione generale per le concessioni e le autorizzazioni del Ministero delle Comunicazioni (C-380/05); Interporc Im- und Export GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (C-41/00 P); The Queen, on the application of Vodafone Ltd and Others v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (C-58/08)