Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY (C-398/19)
law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-398-19/para_42@2026-11-12
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case
C-398/19 · ECLI:EU:C:2020:1032
Decided
17 Dec 2020
Procedure
Preliminary reference · referred by the Kammergericht Berlin (Higher Regional Court, Berlin, Germany)
Rapporteur
K. Jürimäe
Advocate General
G. Hogan
Bench
15 judgesK. Lenaerts, R. Silva de Lapuerta, J.‑C. Bonichot, M. Vilaras, E. Regan, M. Ilešič, L. Bay Larsen, A. Kumin, N. Wahl, S. Rodin, F. Biltgen, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, I. Jarukaitis, N. Jääskinen
42In that context, the Court has recognised that the objective of averting the risk that persons who have committed an offence should go unpunished must be considered a legitimate objective and may justify a measure that restricts a fundamental freedom, such as that laid down in Article 21 TFEU, provided that that measure is necessary for the protection of the interests that it is intended to secure and only in so far as those objectives cannot be attained by less restrictive measures (see, to that effect, judgments of 6 September 2016, Petruhhin, C‑182/15, EU:C:2016:630, paragraphs 37 and 38; of 10 April 2018, Pisciotti, C‑191/16, EU:C:2018:222, paragraphs 47 and 48; and of 2 April 2020, Ruska Federacija, C‑897/19 PPU, EU:C:2020:262, paragraph 60).