Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018

Enzo Di Puma v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) and Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) v Antonio Zecca

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione

References for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Insider dealing — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Res judicata attached to a final criminal judgment relating to administrative proceedings — Final criminal judgment ordering acquittal in respect of insider dealing — Effectiveness of the penalties — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative sanction — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions

Joined Cases C-596/16 and C-597/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
27/04/2018 Di Puma
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:192
20/03/2018 Di Puma
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:192
20/03/2018 Di Puma
Application (OJ)
10/02/2017 Di Puma
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:669
12/09/2017 Di Puma
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.50 Ne bis in idem
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.12 Financial services
      4.11.12.01 Insider dealing and market abuse
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.02 Scope of the protection of rights and principles
        1.04.02.02.01 Limitation on the exercise of rights and freedoms (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.50 Ne bis in idem
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.12 Financial services
      4.11.12.01 Insider dealing and market abuse
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.50 Ne bis in idem
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.02 Scope of the protection of rights and principles
        1.04.02.02.01 Limitation on the exercise of rights and freedoms (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.50 Ne bis in idem


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/11/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/09/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

20/03/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 166 from 14.05.2018, p.15

Application: OJ C 63 from 27.02.2017, p.14

Name of the parties

Di Puma

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Pelletier, Marc: La CJUE et le principe non bis in idem: un pas en arrière, deux pas en avant, Revue de droit fiscal 2018 n°14 p. 2-4 (FR)
  2. Consulich, Federico: Il prisma del ne bis in idem nelle mani del Giudice eurounitario, Diritto penale e processo : mensile di giurisprudenza, legislazione e dottrina 2018 p.949-959 (IT)
  3. Van Eyndhoven, J.: Hof van Justitie aanvaardt beperking van het ne-bis-in-idembeginsel op vlak van het bis-criterium, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2018 p.340-344 (NL)
  4. Vandermeeren, Roland: Cumul des répressions pénale et administrative : de nouvelles précisions à la lumière de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne, Revue de jurisprudence de droit des affaires 2018 nº 10 p.821-824 (FR)
  5. Lo Schiavo, Gianni: The principle of ne bis in idem and the application of criminal sanctions: of scope and restrictions, European Constitutional Law Review 2018 Vol. 14 nº 3 p.644-663 (EN)
  6. Bijnens, Daan: Het ne-bis-in-idembeginsel in het Unierecht scherp gesteld, Tijdschrift voor bestuurswetenschappen en publiekrecht 2018 N°8 p.493-494 (NL)
  7. Matsopoulou, Haritini: L'application de la règle ne bis in idem par la CJUE, Revue des sociétés 2018 N°12 p.731-736 (FR)
  8. Błachnio-Parzych, Anna: Zasada ne bis in idem a obowiązek ustanowienia sankcji skutecznych, proporcjonalnych i odstraszających, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2018 Vol. 12 (159) p.37-42 (PL)
  9. Stacca, Serena: Il ne bis in idem e la difficoltà di dialogo tra ordinamento europeo e ordinamento interno, Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2018 N°6 p.748-756 (IT)
  10. Simon, Denys: Droits fondamentaux - Ne bis in idem, Europe 2018, Mai nº 5, Comm. 169 (FR)
  11. Barkhuysen, T. ; Van Emmerik, M.L.: Handel met voorwetenschap, Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2019 nº10 p.638-645 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Corte suprema di cassazione - Italy

Subject-matter

  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish