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Document 62019CN0393
Case C-393/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Plovdiv (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 May 2019 — Criminal proceedings against OM
Case C-393/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Plovdiv (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 May 2019 — Criminal proceedings against OM
Case C-393/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Plovdiv (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 May 2019 — Criminal proceedings against OM
OJ C 295, 2.9.2019, p. 5–5
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
2.9.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 295/5 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Plovdiv (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 May 2019 — Criminal proceedings against OM
(Case C-393/19)
(2019/C 295/08)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Referring court
Apelativen sad — Plovdiv
Party to the main proceedings
OM
Questions referred
1. |
Is Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to be interpreted as meaning that a national provision such as that pursuant to Article 242(8) of the Nakazatelen kodeks (Criminal Code, ‘the NK’) of the Republic of Bulgaria, according to which a means of transport used to commit aggravated smuggling which belongs to a third person who neither knew nor could or should have known that its employee was committing the offence must be confiscated for the benefit of the State, is unlawful on the grounds that it undermines the fair balance between the public interest and the need to protect the right to property? |
2. |
Is Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to be interpreted as meaning that a national provision such as that pursuant to Article 242(8) of the NK, according to which a means of transport owned by a person who is not the person who committed the offence can be confiscated without the owner being guaranteed direct access to the courts to state its case, is unlawful? |