Case C-398/23, PT II (Agreement concluded between the prosecutor and the perpetrator of an offence): Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad – Bulgaria) – Criminal proceedings against PT (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Criminal offences and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking and the fight against organised crime – Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA – Articles 4 and 5 – Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA – Articles 3 and 4 – National legislation not implementing EU law – Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to information in criminal proceedings – Directive 2012/13/EU – Articles 1 and 6 – Right of a person to be informed of the charges against him or her – Effective judicial protection – First paragraph of Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Criminal proceedings against several persons – Agreement for settlement of the case entered into by one of the defendants and the public prosecutor – Consent of the other defendants)
Date: 2024-11-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: alternative sentence, criminal proceedings, drug traffic, fight against crime, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, organised crime, public prosecutor's department, right to an effective remedy, right to information








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C/2025/369


27.1.2025






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad – Bulgaria) – Criminal proceedings against PT


(Case C-398/23,
                (1)
PT II (Agreement concluded between the prosecutor and the perpetrator of an offence))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Criminal offences and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking and the fight against organised crime - Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA - Articles 4 and 5 - Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA - Articles 3 and 4 - National legislation not implementing EU law - Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right to information in criminal proceedings - Directive 2012/13/EU - Articles 1 and 6 - Right of a person to be informed of the charges against him or her - Effective judicial protection - First paragraph of Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Criminal proceedings against several persons - Agreement for settlement of the case entered into by one of the defendants and the public prosecutor - Consent of the other defendants)
(C/2025/369)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Sofiyski gradski sad

Party in the main proceedings

PT

intervening party: Sofiyska gradska prokuratura

Operative part of the judgment

Article 6(1) and (3) of Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings, read in the light of the first paragraph of Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
must be interpreted as not precluding a provision of national law which, in criminal proceedings brought against several defendants, makes the judicial approval of an agreement for settlement of the case, entered into by the public prosecutor and one of the defendants, subject to the consent of the other defendants only where such an agreement is concluded during the trial stage of those proceedings.


(1)  OJ C C/2023/116.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/369/oj
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