Judgment_paragraph 25 · Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre Médoc and Préfet de la Gironde (C-650/13)

25It should be recalled that the Charter’s field of application so far as concerns action of the Member States is defined in Article 51(1) thereof, according to which the provisions of the Charter are addressed to the Member States only when they are implementing EU law (judgment in Åkerberg Fransson, C‑617/10, EU:C:2013:105, paragraph 17).