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Hans Åkerberg Fransson

The Court explains the field of application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and interprets the principle preventing a person from being punished twice. That principle does not preclude a Member State from imposing successively, for the same acts of tax evasion, a tax penalty and a criminal penalty where the tax penalty is not criminal in nature.
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Ciprian Vasile Radu

The executing judicial authorities cannot refuse to execute a European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution on the ground that the requested person was not...
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Al-Aqsa II (ECJ)

The Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court which annulled the inclusion of Al-Aqsa in the list of persons and entities whose funds have been frozen.  The measures...
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João Pedro Lopes Da Silva Jorge

A Member State cannot restrict solely to its own nationals the non-execution of a European arrest warrant with a view to enforcing in its territory a custodial sentence imposed in another Member...
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European Parliament v. Council (choice of legal basis for freezing of funds)

The European Parliament (EP) brings an action for annulment of Council Reg. No 1286/2009 (amending Regulation No 881/2002) imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain...
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Maurizio Giovanardi

Article 9(1) of Council Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings must be interpreted as meaning that, under a system governing the liability of legal persons, that...
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Melvin West

The reference for a preliminary ruling made by Korkein oikeus - Finland concerns the interpretation of Article 28(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002, on the European...
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