Corte di giustizia UE/2025

62024CJ0263_SUM Case C‑263/24 [Smiliev] ( i ) Criminal proceedings against YE (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Tutrakan) Judgment of the Court ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 3 July 2025 (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675/JHA – Article 3(1) and (2) – Taking account of previous convictions handed down in another [OSCURATO:PERSONA] in the course of new criminal proceedings – Legal effects equivalent to previous national convictions – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2009/315/JHA – Exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between [OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Article 2(a) – Concept of criminal conviction – Administrative offences – Classification of offences under national law – Acts not constituting criminal offences under national law) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Taking account of convictions in the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] in the course of new criminal proceedings – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675 – National legislation requiring the courts having jurisdiction not to take into consideration previous convictions handed down in another [OSCURATO:PERSONA] for acts not constituting criminal offences under its national law – Whether permissible ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675, recitals 3, 5 and 6 and Art. 3(1)) (see paragraphs 55-58, operative part 1) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Taking account of convictions in the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] in the course of new criminal proceedings – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675 – Conviction – Definition – Final decision of an administrative authority – Not included ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675, recital 3 and Art. 2 and 2009/315, Art. 2(a)) (see paragraphs 65, 66, 68-71) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Taking account of convictions in the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] in the course of new criminal proceedings – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675 – Taking into account previous convictions handed down in another [OSCURATO:PERSONA] against the person subject to criminal proceedings – Obligation of the national court to assess, in the light of the law of that other [OSCURATO:PERSONA], the classification as criminal offences of the acts which resulted in the previous conviction – Obligation to confer on such a conviction legal effects equivalent to those attached to national convictions for equivalent criminal offences – Condition – Prohibition of less favourable treatment (Art. 82(1) TFEU; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 2008/675, recitals 2, 8 and 13 and Arts 2 and 3 and 2009/315, Art. 2(a)) (see paragraphs 72-74, 78-86, 91, operative part 2) See the text of the decision. ( i ) The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any of the parties to the proceedings.