Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 10/21/2021

Subject: The Court provided guidance on specific provisions of the directive on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union. According to the Court, that directive precludes national legislation which allows for the confiscation, in favour of the State, of property allegedly belonging to a person other than the perpetrator of the criminal offence, without that person having the right to appear as a party in the confiscation proceedings

Parties: Okrazhna prokuratura – Varna

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Fair trial, public hearing

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