Case C-640/24, Giannaro: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione – Italy) – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v SX, AQ, BZ (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 – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Directive 2004/80/EC – Article 12(2) – National schemes on compensation to victims of violent intentional crime – Homicide – Compensation for close family members of the deceased – Tiered compensation scheme according to the order of succession – National legislation making the payment of compensation to the siblings of the deceased conditional on there being no surviving spouse, children or parents of the deceased and excluding any payment of compensation to the grandparents, uncles or aunts of the deceased – Fair and appropriate compensation)
Date: 2025-05-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: family, homicide, indemnification, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, law of succession, victim








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C/2025/5199


6.10.2025






Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione – Italy) – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v SX, AQ, BZ


(Case C-640/24,
                (1)
Giannaro
                (2)
)

(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 - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Directive 2004/80/EC - Article 12(2) - National schemes on compensation to victims of violent intentional crime - Homicide - Compensation for close family members of the deceased - ‘Tiered’ compensation scheme according to the order of succession - National legislation making the payment of compensation to the siblings of the deceased conditional on there being no surviving spouse, children or parents of the deceased and excluding any payment of compensation to the grandparents, uncles or aunts of the deceased - ‘Fair and appropriate’ compensation)
(C/2025/5199)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Defendants: SX, AQ, BZ

Operative part of the order

Article 12(2) of Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims (3)

must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State providing for a compensation scheme for violent intentional crime which, in the case of homicide, makes the right to compensation for siblings of the deceased conditional on there being no surviving spouse, children or parents of the deceased and excludes the grandparents, uncles and aunts of the deceased from that right.


(1)  Date lodged: 30.9.2024.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.

(3)  
            OJ 2004 L 261, p. 18.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5199/oj
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