62024CO0450_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2025 –[Cudu] (
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(Case C‑450/24)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to property – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property – National legislation providing for the confiscation, for the benefit of the Member State concerned, of property used to commit the offence of unlawful unloading of goods in transit – Property belonging to a third party)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision on Confiscation of Crime-Related Proceeds, Instrumentalities and Property – Scope – Confiscation –Definition – National measure giving rise to the confiscation, for the benefit of the State, of property, belonging to a bona fide third party, used to commit the offence of unlawful unloading of goods in transit – Measure ordered by a national court in connection with a criminal offence, leading to the final deprivation of the property seized – Included – Fundamental rights – Right to property – National legislation providing for the confiscation, for the benefit of the State, of property, belonging to a bona fide third party, used to commit the offence of unlawful unloading of goods in transit – Not permissible
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 17(1); European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/42, Art. 2(4); Council Framework Decision 2005/212, recital 3 and Art. 2(1))
(see paragraphs 26-31, operative part 1)
Operative part
Article 2(1) of the Council Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA of 24 February 2005 on Confiscation of Crime-Related Proceeds, Instrumentalities and Property, read in conjunction with Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
must be interpreted as precluding national legislation that permits the confiscation of instrumentalities used to commit the offence of unlawful unloading of goods in transit when those instrumentalities belong to a third party in good faith.
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)	The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.