Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 November 2025.#JH v Policejní prezidium.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of their personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(c) and (e) – Minimisation of data processing – Storage limitation of personal data – Article 10 – Collection and storage of biometric and genetic data – Strict necessity – Article 6(a) – Obligation to make a distinction between personal data of different categories of persons – National legislation which provides for the collection of biometric and genetic data of any person suspected or accused of having committed an intentional criminal offence – Article 5 – Appropriate time limits for erasure or for a periodic review of the need for the storage of those data – No maximum time limit for storage – Assessment of the need for the storage of biometric and genetic data by the police on the basis of internal rules – Article 8(2) – Lawfulness of the processing of those data – Concept of ‘Member State law’ – Whether national case-law may be classified as ‘Member State law’.#Case C-57/23.