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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11663

9 November 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 35
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Jha
Prisoners are entitled to have custodial sentences reduced only on basis of law of State in which it is served
Brussels, 08/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

A prisoner serving a custodial sentence in two different member states may only benefit from the rules on reducing a sentence under the law of the State in which he or she is currently serving, according to the Court of Justice of the EU.

This case (C-554/14) concerns a Bulgarian prisoner sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in Denmark for aggravated robbery and murder. Before his transfer to Bulgaria to finish his sentence, he spent one year and nine months in a Danish prison, where he...

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