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Document 62015CA0218
Case C-218/15: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Campobasso — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Gianpaolo Paoletti and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 6 TEU — Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principle of retroactivity of the more lenient criminal law — Italian nationals having organised the illegal entry into Italy of Romanian nationals — Acts carried out before the accession of Romania to the European Union — Effect of Romania’s accession on the criminal offence of facilitation of illegal immigration — Implementation of EU law — Jurisdiction of the Court)
Case C-218/15: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Campobasso — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Gianpaolo Paoletti and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 6 TEU — Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principle of retroactivity of the more lenient criminal law — Italian nationals having organised the illegal entry into Italy of Romanian nationals — Acts carried out before the accession of Romania to the European Union — Effect of Romania’s accession on the criminal offence of facilitation of illegal immigration — Implementation of EU law — Jurisdiction of the Court)
Case C-218/15: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Campobasso — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Gianpaolo Paoletti and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 6 TEU — Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principle of retroactivity of the more lenient criminal law — Italian nationals having organised the illegal entry into Italy of Romanian nationals — Acts carried out before the accession of Romania to the European Union — Effect of Romania’s accession on the criminal offence of facilitation of illegal immigration — Implementation of EU law — Jurisdiction of the Court)
OJ C 441, 28.11.2016, p. 2–2
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
28.11.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 441/2 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Campobasso — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Gianpaolo Paoletti and Others
(Case C-218/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 6 TEU - Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Principle of retroactivity of the more lenient criminal law - Italian nationals having organised the illegal entry into Italy of Romanian nationals - Acts carried out before the accession of Romania to the European Union - Effect of Romania’s accession on the criminal offence of facilitation of illegal immigration - Implementation of EU law - Jurisdiction of the Court))
(2016/C 441/02)
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Tribunale ordinario di Campobasso
Parties in the main proceedings
Gianpaolo Paoletti, Umberto Castaldi, Domenico Faricelli, Antonio Angelucci, Mauro Angelucci, Antonio D’Ovidio, Camillo Volpe, Giampaolo Canzano, Raffaele Di Giovanni, Antonio Della Valle
Operative part of the judgment
Article 6 TEU and Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as meaning that the accession of a State to the European Union does not preclude another Member State imposing a criminal penalty on persons who committed, before the accession, the offence of facilitation of illegal immigration for nationals of the first State.