Brussels, 27/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - The application of the “ne bis in idem” principle - whereby no individual may be prosecuted or punished twice for the same acts - can be limited by the condition that the first penalty has to have been fully enforced, the Court of Justice of the EU stated in a judgment (C-129/14) returned on Tuesday 27 May.
Zoran Spasic, a Serbian national, was sentenced in Italy to one year's imprisonment and a fine of €800 for fraud. He paid the fine but,...