The rule, in the Schengen Area, restricting the application of the ne bis in idem principle to cases in which the penalty imposed in a Member State has been enforced or is actually in the process of being enforced is not contrary to the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Date of article: 27/05/2014

Daily News of: 27/05/2014

Country:  EUROPE

Author: Court of Justice of the European Union

Article language: en

Where the penalty consists of a term of imprisonment and a fine, both imposed as principal penalties, the payment of the fine alone is not sufficient to consider that the penalty has been enforced

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