79In accordance with Article 48 of the Charter, read in the light of Article 6(2) and (3) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 (‘the ECHR’), which it is necessary to take into account, under Article 52(3) of the Charter, for the purposes of interpreting Article 48 of the Charter, the principle of the presumption of innocence will be infringed if a judicial decision or a statement by a public official concerning a person charged with a criminal offence contains a clear declaration, in the absence of a final conviction that the person concerned has committed the crime in question. In that context, the Court emphasises the importance of the choice of words by the judicial authorities and of the particular circumstances in which they were made and the importance of the nature and context of the proceedings at issue (see, to that effect, judgment of 18 March 2021, Pometon v Commission, C‑440/19 P, EU:C:2021:214, paragraphs 61 and 62 and the case-law cited).
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