Order — ECLI:EU:C:2016:952
Date: 2016-12-13
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Judicial cooperation in criminal matters;Police cooperation;Area of freedom, security and justice
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling - decision unnecessary;Reference for a preliminary ruling - inadmissible
Origin: Italy

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di Pace di Taranto (Italy) lodged on 8 September 2016 — Criminal proceedings against Antonio Semeraro (Case C-484/16) Language of the case: Italian Referring court Giudice di Pace di Taranto Party to the main proceedings Antonio Semeraro Question referred Does Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA, 1 implemented in Italy by Legislative Decree No 212 of 15 December 2015 (Gazzetta Ufficiale General Series No 3 of 5 January 2016), in particular recitals 9, 66 and 67 and Article 2(1)(a) thereof, preclude the repeal of the criminal offence set out in Article 594 of the Criminal Code referred to in Articles [1] et seq. of Legislative Decree No 7 of 15 January 2016, having regard to Article 83 TFEU and Articles 2 and 3 of the Italian Constitution and to Articles 49, 51, 53 and 54 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union? ____________ 1 OJ 2012 L 315, p. 57.