Citaat | Parket bij de Hoge Raad 12 juni 2020

Onder 2.26 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 12 juni 2020

Een alinea uit Parket bij de Hoge Raad 12 juni 2020, ECLI:NL:PHR:2020:593.

“The criteria for ascertaining whether a "criminal charge" has been determined are the domestic classification of the "offence", the nature of the "offence", and the nature and degree of severity of the potential and actual penalty (…). In the present case, the proceedings were classified as civil in domestic law, the disqualification of directors is a matter which is regulatory rather than criminal, and the “penalty” is neither a fine nor a prison sentence, but rather a prohibition on acting as a company director without the leave of the court. Whilst a great deal was undoubtedly at stake for the applicants, it cannot be said that what is inherently a regulatory matter can thereby become a “criminal charge” within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. Thus, none of these criteria indicates that the applicant was charged with a "criminal offence", and the Court considers that the proceedings in the present case did not determine a criminal charge within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (…).”

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