Referral C-376/26 (Parvo rayonno upravlenie, 21 Apr 2026)

Are Articles 10 and 54 of Directive 2016/680/EU 1 and the first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter to be interpreted as meaning that they directly confer on an accused person the right to submit observations on an application by a police authority for judicial authorisation for the compulsory collection of biometric and genetic data, and the right to challenge any such judicial authorisation given, it being borne in mind (1) that, prior to the application by the police authority, the accused person was able to provide a written declaration in the form of the phrase ‘I do not consent’, and (2) that, following the adoption of the judicial decision authorising the compulsory collection of such data, national law does not afford that person any possibility of obtaining a judicial review of that authorisation [?]