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EU Law I: Union CompetencesEU Law I: Union Competences
Dr Thomas Horsley
Liverpool Law School
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Fundamental RihtsFundamental Rihts p!"#
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Summary
Fundamental rights also bind the Union institutions in the exercise of their
competences
No formal recognition in EEC Treaty (195! to legally binding EU Charter
("##9!
Judicial origins of EU rights protection (esp$ Handelsgesellschaft !
Subse%uent emergence of political initiatives& culminating in introduction of EU
Charter on Fundamental 'ights ("### "##9!
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How sini&icant is the Charter$ p!"'How sini&icant is the Charter$ p!"'
On the one hand 8
:The ;orld0s most modern and comprehensi*e statement of
human rights and fundamental freedomsnclusion of economic and social rights alongside traditional ci*il
and political rights
= Captures contemporary rights constellations (e$g$ ?rt 4("!(d!!
On the other hand 8 Certain rights hea*ily %ualified ;ith reference to @ember
State la; (e$g$ ?rt 9 on the right to marry!
@ore generally /hori6ontal pro*isions0 (A general pro*isions!
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EU Charter Rihts: DeroationsEU Charter Rihts: Deroations
p!"' p!"' ?rt 5"(1! Charter rights are subBect to derogation
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- Derogations must be provided for by law and respect theessence of those rights and freedoms.
- Must be necessary and genuinely meet objectives of general
interest recognised by the nion or the need to protect the rights and
freedoms of others.
-!"#H$ definitions as %floor& re. scope of rights '(rt )*'+,
and (rt )+ "#$,
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EU CH(RTER: LE)(L ST(TUSEU CH(RTER: LE)(L ST(TUS p!"* p!"*
.egally binding since .isbon ()ec$ "##9!
For Budicial confirmation post-.isbon& see e$g$ chec/e and "ifert "#1#D
EC' >-11#+4
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01n accordance with (rticle 2'3, 4"5 the "uropean nion recognises
the rights5 freedoms and principles set out in the #harter of
undamental $ights of the "uropean nion6
1n those circumstances5 the validity of 7the contested " $egulations8
must be assessed in the light of the provisions of the #harter 9
'paras ::-:),.
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4wo recent highlights on the legal impact of the " #harter on nion law-
ma/ing in the particular field of data protection;
$e. validity of " law;Digital $ights 1reland '#-*
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Digital $ights 1reland '#-*
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Digital $ights 1reland '#-*
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!!Boogle pain @ v. ("C and Bonale '#-3+3=3*,
G )oes EU la; re%uire internet search engine pro*iders to bloc lins to third-
party ;ebpages that are accessible through their search engines ;here the pagescontain inade%uate or irrele*ant information about indi*idualsH
@r Ion6Jle6& a Spanish national& ;anted Ioogle to remo*e search engine lins to
t;o ne;s items published in a Spanish ne;spaper that announced his name in
connection ;ith historic (and no; settled! proceedings for the reco*ery of socialsecurity debts
)id EU la; 3 EU Charter establish such a /right to be forgotten0H >f so& on ;hat
basis and under ;hat conditionsH
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!!Boogle pain @ v. ("C and Bonale '#-3+3=3*,
)irecti*e 953+ EC on the protection of indi*iduals ;ith regard to the processing of personal
data and the free mo*ement of such data
C'>T>C?. GUEST>KN )id the scope of )irecti*e 953+ EC enacted prior to the
internet re*olution and& striingly& not amended since its adoption in 1995 e2tend to
include the acti*ities of search engine pro*idersH >F LES& )>' M C?'TE' ?OO.>ES
?ns;er depended& inter alia& on ;hether Ioogle (as search engine pro*ider! %ualified as a
/data controller 0 under )irecti*e 953+ EC
For ?d*ocate Ieneral 7PPsinen the ans;er ;as no simply supplying through the
pro*ision of intermediary search facilities the location of information published by third
parties else;here does not constitute /data control$0 actual influence ;as needed for control
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!!Boogle pain @ v. ("C and Bonale '#-3+3=3*,
Irand Chamber ruled other;ise to find Ioogle a /data controller0
/Search engines playD a decisi*e role in the o*erall dissemination of8 data in that they
renderD the latter accessible to any internet user maing a search on the basis of the
data subBect0s name& including to internet users ;ho ;ould other;ise not ha*e found the
;eb page on ;hich those data are published0 (para$ 4+!
AQ ?s such& Ioogle ;as bound by )irecti*e 953+ EC M EU C?'TE'
The Court then set out Ioogle0s legal obligations under )irecti*e 953+ EC interpreted in light
of the " #harter (?rts and CF' protection of pri*acy and personal data!
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!!Boogle pain @ v. ("C and Bonale '#-3+3=3*,
>nterpreted in light of ?rts and EUCF'& )irecti*e 953+ EC guaranteed indi*iduals theright to re%uest internet search pro*iders to delete certain lins to ;ebpages that appear in
the list of results follo;ing a search under their name
The lins to be deleted co*er ;ebpages that contain information that is /inade%uate&
irrele*ant or no longer rele*ant& or e2cessi*e in relation to the purposes of the processing at
issue0$
?ny scope for derogation under ?rt 5"(1! EUCF'H
Specific public interest e2ception& but narro;ly construed (see para$ 9!
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Boogle pain has significant implications for the regulation of online pri*acy in EU la;
The decision effecti*ely imposes on Ioogle (and& by e2tension& other maret operators! a
legal responsibility to balance& in indi*idual instances& the data subBect0s rights to pri*acy andthe protection of personal data ;ith the public interest in the freedom of e2pression
Should such decisions be left to maret operatorsH
Ras the Court right to /update0 )irecti*e 953+ EC itself or should it ha*e left this to the
Union legislatureH
Ioogle0s response /the Court0s ruling re%uires Ioogle to mae difficult Budgments about an
indi*idual0s right to be forgotten and the public0s right to no;0
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