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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber)

4 May 2017 (*)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 95/46/EC — Article 7(f) — Personal data — Conditions for the lawful processing of personal data — Concept of ‘necessity for the realisation of the legitimate interests of a third party’ — Request for disclosure of personal data of a person responsible for a road accident in order to exercise a legal claim — Obligation on the controller to grant such a request — No such obligation)

In Case C‑13/16,

REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Augstākās tiesas, Administratīvo lietu departaments (Supreme Court, Administrative Division, Latvia), made by decision of 30 December 2015, received at the Court on 8 January 2016, in the proceedings

Valsts policijas Rīgas reģiona pārvaldes Kārtības policijas pārvalde

v

Rīgas pašvaldības SIA ‘Rīgas satiksme’,

THE COURT (Second Chamber),

composed of M. Ilešič, President of the Chamber, A. Prechal, A. Rosas (Rapporteur), C. Toader and E. Jarašiūnas, Judges,

Advocate General : M. Bobek,

Registrar: M. Aleksejev, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 24 November 2016,

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:

–        Rīgas pašvaldības SIA ‘Rīgas satiksme’ by L. Bemhens, acting as Agent,

–        the Latvian Government, by I. Kalniņš and by A. Bogdanova, acting as Agents,

–        the Czech Government, by J. Vláčil and M. Smolek, acting as Agents,

–        the Spanish Government, by M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, acting as Agent,

–        the Austrian Government, by G. Eberhard, acting as Agent,