COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Criminal proceedings

Advocate general says non bis in idem principle applies if administrative penalty of criminal nature is combined with criminal penalty

Brussels, 13/09/2017 (Agence Europe)

In his conclusions of Tuesday 12 September on joined cases C-524/15, C-537/16, C-596/16 et C-597/16, Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona considered that the non bis in idem principle prevents imposing a criminal penalty and an administrative penalty against the same person for the same deeds if the administrative penalty is in reality of criminal nature.  

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