EU Case Law

On 5th April 2017, the Fourth Chamber delivered its judgment in Joined Cases C‑217/15 (Orsi) and C‑350/15 (Baldetti) regarding the interpretation of Article 50 of the Charter. The case involved the issue as to whether it is allowed to bring criminal proceedings for non-payment of VAT, after the imposition of a definitive tax penalty with respect to the same act or omission. The CJEU found...

On 22 March 2017, the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) released its judgment in Joined Cases C‑124/16, C‑188/16 and C‑213/16 on Directive 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal...

Actions by armed forces during periods of armed conflict, within the meaning of international humanitarian law, may constitute 'terrorist acts' for the purposes of EU law. Therefore, the Grand...

On the 15th February 2017, AG Bot delivered his Opinion on the Case C-579/15 Openbaar Ministerie v Daniel Adam Poplawski. The latter was subject to an EAW issued by the Polish Regional Court of...

On 25 January 2017, the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber), delivered its judgment on case C-587/15 on the transitional application of the provisions on the transfer of sentenced persons which were...

On 25 January 2017, the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) delivered its judgment on case C-640/15 on the interpretation of Article 23 of the EAW Framework Decision regarding the time frame for the...

On 11 January 2017, the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) delivered its judgment in case C-289/15, on the interpretation of Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the...