Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/05/2014

Subject: The Court affirmed that Article 54 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement must be interpreted as meaning that an order making a finding that there is no ground to refer a case to a trial court which precludes, in the Contracting State in which that order was made, the bringing of new criminal proceedings in respect of the same acts against the person to whom that finding applies, unless new facts and/or evidence against that person come to light, must be considered to be a final judgment precluding new proceedings against the same person in respect of the same acts in another Contracting State.

Parties: M.

Classification: Justice - Art. 50 Right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings for the same criminal offence

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