Judgment_paragraph 52 · WA v Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-491/21)

52A restriction such as that referred to in paragraph 48 above can be justified in the light of EU law only if it is based on objective considerations of public interest, independent of the nationality of the persons concerned, and if it is proportionate to the legitimate objective of the provisions of national law. It follows from the Court’s case-law that a measure is proportionate when, while appropriate for securing the attainment of the objective pursued, it does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve it (judgment of 25 July 2018, A (Assistance for a disabled person), C‑679/16, EU:C:2018:601, paragraph 67 and the case-law cited).