Federal Constitutional Court
– 1 BVR 1299/05 –
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE
In the proceedings
on
the constitutional complaint
1.
of Mr. B…,
2.
of Mr. B…,
- authorised representative: Meinhard Starostik, attorney,
Schillstraße 9, 10785 Berlin –
against 95.3 and 95.4, §§ 111, 112, 113 of the Telecommunications Act (Telekommunikationsgesetz – TKG) of 22 June 2004 (Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt – BGBl) I p. 1190)
the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – sitting with the justices
Vice-President Kirchhof,
Gaier,
Eichberger,
Schluckebier,
Masing,
Paulus,
Baer, and
Britz
held as follows on 24 January 2012:
1. § 113.1 sentence 2 of the Telecommunications Act of 22 June 2004 (Federal
Law Gazette I page 1190) is incompatible with Article 2.1 in conjunction with
Article 1.1 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz – GG).
For a transitional period, but at the latest until 30 June 2013, the provision
shall continue in effect subject to the proviso that the data named in the provision may only be collected if the statutory requirements for their use are satisfied.
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