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Criminal proceedings against AB and Others (C-203/20)
Consideration of the questions referred
The second question
70

Criminal proceedings against AB and Others (C-203/20)

Judgment of 16 Dec 2021law://eu/cjeu/2020/c-203-20/para_70@2026-11-11

70It follows that proceedings the purpose of which is not to determine a person’s criminal liability cannot come within the scope of Directive 2012/13.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-203/20 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:1016
Decided: 16 Dec 2021
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Okresný súd Bratislava III (District Court, Bratislava III, Slovakia)
Rapporteur: L.S. Rossi
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
A. Prechal, J. Passer, F. Biltgen, L.S. Rossi, N. Wahl
Language: Slovak
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62020CJ0203

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Charter of Fundamental Rights Judicial cooperation in criminal matters Police cooperation Principles of Union law

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Interprets 2: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings
Cited by 5: Criminal proceedings against NR (C-58/22); NK v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Feldkirch (C-55/22); Proceedings brought by RS (C-430/21); Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia and Others v YF and Others (C-301/21); Criminal proceedings against TL (C-242/22 PPU)3 provisions
Cites 18: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Sumal, S.L. v Mercedes Benz Trucks España, S.L (C-882/19); Repubblika v Il-Prim Ministru (C-896/19); Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15); Consorzio Italian Management and Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA (C-561/19); Ruska Federacija v I.N (C-897/19 PPU); Republiken Polen v PL Holdings Sàrl (C-109/20); Criminal proceedings against Piotr Kossowski (C-486/14); A-Rosa Flussschiff GmbH v Union de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d’allocations familiales d’Alsace (Urssaf), venant aux droits de l’Urssaf du Bas-Rhin and Sozialversicherungsanstalt des Kantons Graubünden (C-620/15); Criminal proceedings against Filomeno Mario Miraglia (C-469/03); WS v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-505/19); M (C-398/12); OG and PI (C-508/18, C-82/19 PPU); Proceedings brought by Finanzamt Linz and Finanzamt Kirchdorf Perg Steyr (C-585/17); Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings; Criminal proceedings against OM (C-393/19)