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Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment

C-342/25Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Fight against corruption involving officials of Member States of the European Union – Passive corruption – Exclusion of evidence obtained in a flawed manner – Exculpatory evidence – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – First and second paragraphs of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection – Right to an effective remedy – Directive 2012/13/EU – Right to information in criminal proceedings – Article 7(2) and (3) – Right of access to the materials of the case – Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – National legislation not implementing Union law – Lack of jurisdiction – Article 267 TFEU – Need for interpretation of EU law to enable the referring court to give judgment – None – Inadmissibility

Decided

2026-06-11

ECLI

ECLI:EU:C:2026:469

CELEX

62025CJ0342

Finality

Final, the decision cannot be appealed

Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.

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