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The ECJ declared the data retention directive invalid, which means that member states are not required to implement it in their legislature. However, that decis
by throwaway7767 11y ago
The ECJ declared the data retention directive invalid, which means that member states are not required to implement it in their legislature. However, that decision does not remove the DRD from effect in the countries that already implemented it and it does not ban countries from implementing their own version of it.
It sounds like the slovak government was trying to implement its own version despite the europe-wide law being struck down.
- zurn 11y ago> It sounds like the slovak government was trying to implement its own version despite the europe-wide law being struck down. EU countries first decided to create the directive, and then implemented this while it was in force. There was no big bad EU imposing it on reluctant states. And now most countries are in no hurry to dismantle the their national legislation implementing the directive.
- vilhelm_s 11y agoSo how exactly does this "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union" work? Wikipedia says > European Union must act and legislate consistently with the Charter and the EU's courts will strike down legislation adopted by the EU's institutions that contravenes it. So somehow it constrains EU institutions, but not EU member states, somewhat like the US Bill of Rights before the 14th amendment?