30It should be noted at the outset that it follows from the specific terms of the first paragraph of Article 1 of the Convention that the Convention applies to decisions given in civil matters by a criminal court (Case C-172/91 Sonntag v Waidmann and Others [1993] ECR I-1963, paragraph 16).
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