Case C-58/22, Parchetul de pe lângă Curtea de Apel Craiova, Judgment of the Court of 25 January 2024 (First Chamber)

Interpretation of Article 50 Charter – principle of ne

bis in idem; Clarifications regarding the conditions

to be satisfied to hold that a person has been finally

acquitted or convicted, in case of an order that no

further action be taken adopted by a public

prosecutor’s office; First criminal proceedings

brought in rem and second in personam; The order

should have been taken after thorough

examination of the legal situation of that person as

criminally liable for the acts constituting the

offence being prosecuted – determination as to the

merits of his/her criminal liability, which requires

that a detailed investigation have been conducted;

Clarifications regarding the concept of “detailed

investigation”.