Judgment_paragraph 38 · BPC Lux 2 Sàrl and Others v Banco de Portugal and Others (C-83/20)

38As the European Court of Human Rights has consistently held with regard to Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the ECHR, it should be pointed out that Article 17(1) of the Charter contains three distinct rules. The first, which is expressed in the first sentence and is of a general nature, gives concrete expression to the principle of respect for property. The second, set out in the second sentence of that paragraph, refers to a person being deprived of property and makes that deprivation subject to certain conditions. The third, which is contained in the third sentence of that paragraph, recognises that States have the power, inter alia, to regulate the use of property in so far as is necessary for the general interest. This does not mean that the rules are unrelated. The second and third rules relate to specific examples of infringements of the right to property, and are to be interpreted in the light of the principle enshrined in the first rule (see, to that effect, ECtHR, 25 March 2014, Vistinš and Perepjolkins v. Latvia, CE:ECHR:2012:1025JUD007124301, § 93 and the case-law cited).