Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 June 2024 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Ekonomisko lietu tiesa – Latvia) – Criminal proceedings against A, B, C, D, F, E, G, SIA ‘AVVA’, SIA ‘ Liftu alianse ’ (C-255/23), A, B, C, Z, F, AS ‘ Latgales Invest Holding ’, SIA ‘ METEOR HOLDING ’, METEOR Kettenfabrik GmbH, SIA ‘ Tool Industry ’, AS ‘ Ditton pievadķēžu rūpnīca ’ (C-285/23)

(Joined Cases C-255/23 ¹ and C-285/23, ² AVVA and Others (Trial by videoconference in the absence of a European Investigation Order))

(References for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 24 – Hearing by videoconference or other audiovisual transmission – Criminal prosecution initiated in a Member State against a person residing in another Member State – Possibility for that person to participate in his or her trial by videoconference in the absence of a European Investigation Order)

Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Ekonomisko lietu tiesa

Parties in the main proceedings

C-255/23: A, B, C, D, F, E, G, SIA ‘ AVVA ’, SIA ‘ Liftu alianse ’

Intervening party: Rīgas tiesas apgabala prokuratūra

C-285/23: A, B, C, Z, F, AS ‘ Latgales Invest Holding ’, SIA ‘ METEOR HOLDING ’, METEOR Kettenfabrik GmbH, SIA ‘ Tool Industry ’, AS ‘ Ditton pievadķēžu rūpnīca ’

Intervening parties: Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra, Rīgas tiesas apgabala prokuratūra

Operative part of the judgment

There is no need to rule on the requests for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Ekonomisko lietu tiesa (Economic Court, Latvia), by decisions of 28 March 2023 and 21 April 2023.

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¹ OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.

¹ OJ C 271, 31.7.2023.