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Document 62019CA0481
Case C-481/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte costituzionale — Italy) — DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2003/6/EC — Article 14(3) — Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 — Article 30(1)(b) — Market abuse — Administrative sanctions of a criminal nature — Failure to cooperate with the competent authorities — Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to remain silent and to avoid self-incrimination)
Case C-481/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte costituzionale — Italy) — DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2003/6/EC — Article 14(3) — Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 — Article 30(1)(b) — Market abuse — Administrative sanctions of a criminal nature — Failure to cooperate with the competent authorities — Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to remain silent and to avoid self-incrimination)
Case C-481/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte costituzionale — Italy) — DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2003/6/EC — Article 14(3) — Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 — Article 30(1)(b) — Market abuse — Administrative sanctions of a criminal nature — Failure to cooperate with the competent authorities — Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to remain silent and to avoid self-incrimination)
OJ C 110, 29.3.2021, p. 8–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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29.3.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 110/8 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte costituzionale — Italy) — DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob)
(Case C-481/19) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 2003/6/EC - Article 14(3) - Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Article 30(1)(b) - Market abuse - Administrative sanctions of a criminal nature - Failure to cooperate with the competent authorities - Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right to remain silent and to avoid self-incrimination)
(2021/C 110/06)
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Corte costituzionale
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: DB
Defendant: Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob)
Interested party: Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri
Operative part of the judgment
Article 14(3) of Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse) and Article 30(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6 and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, read in the light of Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as allowing Member States not to penalise natural persons who, in an investigation carried out in respect of them by the competent authority under that directive or that regulation, refuse to provide that authority with answers that are capable of establishing their liability for an offence that is punishable by administrative sanctions of a criminal nature, or their criminal liability.