Interpretation of "final decision" in Art. 50 CFR - discontinuance of criminal proceedings by a public prosecutor after obtaining essential evidence in the case - preclusion of another public prosecution from being brought against the same person, for the same acts, albeit with a different legal classification

This case was joined with Case C-29/22 P

Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) – Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP – European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) – Non-contractual liability of the European Union – Crimes committed in Kosovo in 1999 – Damage allegedly suffered by individuals in connection with the insufficient investigation into the disappearance and killing of their family members – Alleged breach of fundamental rights – Jurisdiction of the EU Courts – Articles 2, 6, 19 and 24 TEU – Articles 268, 275 and 340 TFEU

Application of the GDPR to the processing of personal data by a national parliamentary committee of inquiry - scope of the GDPR regarding the protection of national security - competences of the supervisory authority from the GDPR

This case was joined with Case C-44/22 P

Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) – Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP – European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) – Non-contractual liability of the European Union – Crimes committed in Kosovo in 1999 – Damage allegedly suffered by individuals in connection with the insufficient investigation into the disappearance and killing of their family members – Alleged breach of fundamental rights – Jurisdiction of the EU Courts – Articles 2, 6, 19 and 24 TEU – Articles 268, 275 and 340 TFEU

Ne bis in idem - classification of penalties imposed for unfair commercial practices as criminal administrative penalties - interpretation of Art. 50 of the Charter - criminal conviction handed down in another Member State for the same acts and against the same party to which the administrative penalty applies - derogations from the ne bis in idem principle

Question referred: Must the first sentence of Article 1(1) and Article 2(c)(i) of Directive 2014/41/EU regarding the
European Investigation Order in criminal matters be interpreted as meaning that a German tax office for criminal tax matters and tax investigation which is empowered under national rules to exercise the rights and fulfil the obligations of the public prosecutor’s office in relation to certain offences is to be regarded as a ‘judicial authority’ and an ‘issuing authority’ within the meaning of those provisions of EU law?

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Area of freedom, security and justice - Policies on border checks, asylum and immigration - Procedures for granting international protection - Directive 2013/32/EU - Article 6 - Effective access - The making of an application - National legislation laying down prior administrative steps to be carried out outside the territory of the Member State - Public health objective

Refusal of a declaration of enforceability on the basis of Art. 3(4) of Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union in conjunction with Art. 47 CFR where there are reasons to believe that the conditions prevailing in the issuing Member State at the time of the adoption of the decision to be enforced or of the related subsequent decisions are incompatible with the fundamental right to a fair trial because, in that Member State, the judicial system itself is no longer in conformity with the principle of the rule of law enshrined in Article 2 TEU?

Drugs offences - concepts of "operator" and "circumstance" under Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors.

Question referred: Is it compatible with Article 2(3) of Directive 2014/42 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union to interpret national law as meaning that a motor vehicle used to store large quantities of excise goods (cigarettes) without strip stamps does not constitute an instrumentality of crime?

European Arrest Warrant - Time limit for surrender – Impossibility of surrender due to force majeure – Competence to determine whether a situation of force majeure exists – Expiry of the time limit for surrender – COVID-19 – Application for asylum

Conformity of Bulgarian law with the Union Customs Code (Regulation (EU) No 952/2013) and Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA of 24 February 2005 on Confiscation of Crime-Related Proceeds, Instrumentalities and Property regarding the exclusion of judicial remedies on the part of an owner of property confiscated pursuant a penalty notice although he/she has not committed the offence.

Interpretation of Art. 54 CISA - reference part of document on the basis of which a comparison is made to establish "the same facts" - finality of procedural acts - operational or specific parts of procedural acts - offences of breach of trust in commercial transactions.

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ – Criteria – Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs) of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) – Reference for a preliminary ruling from a panel of judges without the status of an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law – Inadmissibility

Compatibility of the Italian legislation regulating grounds for optional non-execution of an EAW – in so far as that legislation prevents the executing judicial authorities from refusing the surrender of third-country nationals residing or staying in Italy – with Article 4(6) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, read in conjunction with Article 1(3) of that decision and Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Interpretation of Art. 1(3) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant, examined in the light of Arts. 3, 4 and 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - surrender of a person suffering from a serious chronic and potentially irreversible disease - risk of suffering serious harm to the person's health - assurances by the issuing authority ruling out such a risk - possible refusal of surrender