The CJEU has decided that member states can impose restrictions on warnings from navigation applications such as Waze, but it does not obligate them to do so.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has established that member states can impose restrictions on warnings from navigation applications, such as Waze, but there is no general prohibition at the European Union level. The decision was made following a dispute between the French authorities and Coyote, a similar service.

French legislation allows the police to temporarily hide certain warnings during operations, such as checks for drivers under the influence of alcohol. The CJEU emphasized that such measures must be necessary, proportionate, and limited in time. The ruling does not refer to all types of warnings, but only to those that could help drivers avoid police checks. For now, Waze operates normally, and drivers do not need to make changes, but the decision creates a precedent that could allow some states to limit certain functions of navigation applications in the future.