Judgment_paragraph 29 · Dual Prod SRL v Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Cluj-Napoca - Comisia regională pentru autorizarea operatorilor de produse supuse accizelor armonizate (C-412/21)

29Nevertheless, it should be noted, first, that the application of the provisions of the Charter protecting the persons accused in criminal proceedings is not limited to proceedings and penalties which are classified as ‘criminal’ by national law, but extends regardless of such a classification under national law to proceedings and penalties which must be considered to have a criminal nature on the basis of the two other criteria referred to in paragraph 27 above (judgment of 20 March 2018, Menci, C‑524/15, EU:C:2018:197, paragraph 30).