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Orde van Vlaamse Balies and Others v Vlaamse Regering (C-694/20)
Consideration of the question referred
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Orde van Vlaamse Balies and Others v Vlaamse Regering (C-694/20)

Judgment of 8 Dec 2022law://eu/cjeu/2020/c-694-20/para_61@2026-11-11

61It follows from those considerations that the requirements implied by the right to a fair trial presuppose, by definition, a link with judicial proceedings (see, to that effect, judgment of 26 June 2007, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophones and Others, C‑305/05, EU:C:2007:383, paragraph 35).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-694/20 · ECLI:EU:C:2022:963
Decided: 8 Dec 2022
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Grondwettelijk Hof (Constitutional Court, Belgium)
Applicants: Orde van Vlaamse Balies; IG and 3 more
Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers; CD; JU
Defendant: Vlaamse Regering
Rapporteur: J. Passer
Advocate General: A. Rantos
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, A. Arabadjiev, A. Prechal, K. Jürimäe, P.G. Xuereb, L.S. Rossi, D. Gratsias, F. Biltgen, N. Piçarra, I. Jarukaitis, N. Jääskinen, N. Wahl, I. Ziemele, J. Passer
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62020CJ0694

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Interprets 2: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC
Interpreted by the courts in 1: Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers and Others v Premier ministre/ Eerste Minister (C-623/22)
Cited by 16: Halmer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft UG v Rechtsanwaltskammer München (C-295/23); AEON NEPREMIČNINE d.o.o. and Others (C-674/23); Lagardère SA v European Commission (T-1119/23); Vivendi SE v European Commission (T-1097/23); European Commission v Hungary (C-769/22); BW v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (T-1180/23); Araceli García Fernández and Others v European Commission and Single Resolution Board (C-541/22 P); Ordre néerlandais des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles and Others v Council of the European Union (T-797/22)3 provisions; ACE-Avocats, ensemble v Council of the European Union (T-828/22); Ordre des avocats à la cour de Paris and Julie Couturier v Council of the European Union (T-798/22); F SCS and Ordre des avocats du Barreau de Luxembourg v Administration des contributions directes (C-432/23)2 provisions; Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers and Others v Premier ministre/ Eerste Minister (C-623/22)7 provisions; RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden (C-61/22); Nordic Info BV v Belgische Staat (C-128/22); Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226; Criminal proceedings against MR (C-365/21)
Cites 11: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres (C-817/19); Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others (C-623/17); État luxembourgeois v B and Others (C-245/19, C-246/19); WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers (C-37/20); Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone and Others v Conseil des ministres (C-305/05)2 provisions; Republic of Poland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-401/19); DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-481/19); Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC; Council Directive (EU) 2018/822; AM & S Europe Limited v Commission of the European Communities (155/79)