Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC
- No longer in force
- CELEX number: 32006L0024
- Official Journal: JOL_2006_105_R_0054_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2005/0182(COD), 2005/0182/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - March 15, 2006
- April 13, 2006
- May 3, 2006
- Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 16
- September 15, 2007
- At the latest
- May 3, 2006
- Declared void by 62012CJ0293
Modified by
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 19 April 2012. Bonnier Audio AB and Others v Perfect Communication Sweden AB. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Copyright and related rights — Processing of data by internet — Infringement of an exclusive right — Audio books made available via an FTP server via internet by an IP address supplied by an internet service provider — Injunction issued against the internet service provider ordering it to provide the name and address of the user of the IP address. Case C‑461/10.
- Case C-140/20: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland) made on 25 March 2020 — G.D. v The Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Ressources, Attorney General
- Case C-475/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Protodikeio Rethymnis (Greece) lodged on 17 August 2016 — Criminal proceedings against K.
- article 1 paragraph 1
- Case C-301/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 February 2009 — Ireland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive 2006/24/EC — Retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services — Choice of legal basis)
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 February 2009. Ireland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union. Action for annulment - Directive 2006/24/EC - Retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services - Choice of legal basis. Case C-301/06.
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title VI: Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws Chapter 3: Approximation of laws Article 95 Article 100a - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- General
- Consumer protection
- Telecommunications
- Personal data
- Internet
- Electronic mail
- Data protection
- Information technology, telecommunications and data-processing
- Protection of privacy
- Transmission network