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Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Kolev and Others (C-612/15)
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Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Kolev and Others (C-612/15)

Judgment of 5 Jun 2018law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-612-15/para_55@2026-11-11

55The Member States must also ensure that the rules of criminal procedure permit effective investigation and prosecution of offences linked to such conduct.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-612/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:392
Decided: 5 Jun 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad (Specialised Criminal Court, Bulgaria)
Rapporteur: A. Tizzano
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, J. Malenovský, E. Levits, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, J.-C. Bonichot, F. Biltgen, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, M. Vilaras, E. Regan
Language: Bulgarian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0612

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Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty; Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings
Interpreted by the courts in 1: Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Boykov Kolev and Others (C-704/18)
Cited by 22: Consiliul Concurenţei v Whiteland Import Export SRL (C-308/19); Criminal proceedings against PM and Others (C-357/19); Parchetul de pe lângă Tribunalul Braşov v LG and MH (C-790/19); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-791/19); Trenitalia SpA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (C-510/23); Caronte & Tourist SpA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (C-511/23); Criminal proceedings against PT (C-398/23); Criminal proceedings against M.S. and Others (C-603/22); Criminal proceedings against BK (C-175/22); MC v Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ Veliko Tarnovo pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (C-1/21); Christoph Klein v European Commission (C-430/20 P); European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-213/19); Criminal proceedings against AB and Others (C-3/20); Criminal proceedings against ZX (C-282/20)2 provisions; B. v Centre public d'action sociale de Líège (CPAS) (C-233/19); UY v Staatsanwaltschaft Offenburg (C-615/18); Criminal proceedings against VW (C-659/18); Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Boykov Kolev and Others (C-704/18)3 provisions; Alekszij Torubarov v Bevándorlási és Menekültügyi Hivatal (C-556/17); European Commission v Italian Republic (C-304/18); Criminal proceedings against Gianluca Moro (C-646/17); Criminal proceedings against Petar Dzivev and Others (C-310/16)
Cites 19: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast); Criminal proceedings against Luca Menci (C-524/15); Ufficio IVA di Piacenza v Belvedere Costruzioni Srl (C-500/10); Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union (C-521/15); Criminal proceedings against Mauro Scialdone (C-574/15); Criminal proceedings against M.A.S. and M.B (C-42/17); Alfredo Rendón Marín v Administración del Estado (C-165/14); Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty; Jean-Charles Marchiani v European Parliament (C-566/14 P); 2007/436/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities’ own resources; Criminal proceedings against Ivo Taricco and Others (C-105/14); Criminal proceedings against Ianos Tranca and Others (C-124/16, C-188/16, C-213/16); Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Kolev and Others (C-612/15); Baustahlgewebe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (C-185/95 P); Groupe Gascogne SA v European Commission (C-58/12 P); Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings; Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code)