Joined Cases C-767/22, C-49/23 and C-161/23, 1Dream and Others: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesa – Latvia) – 1Dream OÜ and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Directive 2014/42/EU – Scope – National criminal proceedings capable of leading to the confiscation of illegally obtained assets – No finding of a criminal offence – Confiscation without conviction – Reasons other than illness or absconding)
Date: 2024-10-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: confiscation of property, criminal proceedings, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, offence








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C/2025/878


17.2.2025






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesa – Latvia) – 1Dream OÜ and Others


(Joined Cases C-767/22, C-49/23 and C-161/23,
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1Dream and Others)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property - Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA - Directive 2014/42/EU - Scope - National criminal proceedings capable of leading to the confiscation of illegally obtained assets - No finding of a criminal offence - Confiscation without conviction - Reasons other than illness or absconding)
(C/2025/878)
Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesa

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: 1Dream OÜ, DS, DL, VS, JG (C-767/22), AZ, 1Dream OÜ, Produktech Engineering AG, BBP, Polaris Consulting Ltd (C-49/23), VL, ZS, Lireva Investments LTD, VI, FORTRESS FINANCE Inc. (C-161/23)

Intervener: Latvijas Republikas Saeima

Operative part of the judgment







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Cases C-767/22, C-49/23 and C-161/23 are joined for the purposes of the judgment.










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Council Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA of 24 February 2005 on Confiscation of Crime-Related Proceeds, Instrumentalities and Property and Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union,
must be interpreted as meaning that the scope of those acts does not cover national legislation which provides for the possibility, in the course of criminal proceedings to determine whether a person has committed a criminal offence, of initiating proceedings for the confiscation of illegally obtained assets, on the basis of materials contained in the file in the criminal proceedings, where those confiscation proceedings do not concern the finding of such a criminal offence and even though there is no reason relating to the illness or absconding of that person which would prevent him or her from standing trial.






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            OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.


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