62021CJ0150_SUM
Case C‑150/21
D. B.
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia w Łodzi)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 April 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Mutual recognition – Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA – Enforcement of financial penalties – Article 1(a)(ii) – Decision imposing a financial penalty issued by an administrative authority – Decision open to appeal to a public prosecutor, subject to instructions from the Minister for Justice – Subsequent appeal before a court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties – Decision made by an authority of the issuing State other than a court – Opportunity of the person concerned to have the case tried by a court – Scope – Access to a court with full jurisdiction to examine the case – Prior administrative phase – Irrelevant
(Council Framework Decision 2005/2014, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 1(a)(ii))
(see paragraphs 36-38)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties – Court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters – Concept – Independent interpretation – Court satisfying the essential characteristics of criminal procedure
(Council Framework Decision 2005/2014, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 1(a)(ii))
(see paragraphs 41, 43, 44)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties – Decision made by an authority of the issuing State other than a court – Meaning
(Council Framework Decision 2005/2014, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 1(a)(ii))
(see paragraph 46, operative part)
See the text of the decision.