Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/05/2019

Subject: According to the Court, where a decision requiring payment of a financial penalty has been notified in accordance with the national legislation of the issuing Member State, indicating the right to contest the case and the time limit for such a legal remedy, the authority of the Member State of execution may not refuse to recognise and execute that decision provided that the person concerned has had sufficient time to contest that decision. The competent authority of the Member State of execution may not refuse to recognise and execute a decision requiring payment of a financial penalty in respect of road traffic offences where such a penalty has been imposed on the person in whose name the vehicle in question is registered on the basis of a presumption of liability laid down in the national legislation of the issuing Member State, provided that that presumption may be rebutted

Parties: Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau () e exécution des sanctions pécuniaires)

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Art. 48 Presumption of innocence

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