EU Case Law

On 17 May 2017, Advocate General Bot delivered his opinion in case C-171/16 on Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA of 24 July 2008 on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the European Union in the course of new criminal proceedings, which the Court is called upon to interpret for the first time. In 2010, Mr. Beshkov, a Bulgarian national, was convicted by an...

Pending case. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 14 March 2016 — Riksåklagaren v Zenon Language of the case: Swedish Referring court: Högsta...

In its judgment of 5th April 2016, the Court of Justice has ruled out that "the execution of a European arrest warrant must be deferred if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment...

The case concerns firstly the interpretation of Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings. The Court ruled out that:  "Articles 1 to...

By preventing, in cases of serious fraud in relation to VAT, the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties because the overall limitation period is too brief, Italian law is liable to...

In its request for a preliminary ruling, the High Court of Ireland had asked the Court of Justice whether the failure to observe the time-limits within which a decision on the execution of the...

On 16 April, the Court ruled on two actions for annulment brought by the Parliament against three Council Decisions adopted after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The ruling is crucial...