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Analítico de Periódico
COTTU, Enrico
La tormentata armonizzazione sanzionatoria in ambito doganale : un banco di prova per il principio di colpevolezza nel sistema punitivo euronitario / Enrico Cottu
Rivista Italiana di Diritto Pubblico Comunitario, a.29 n.3-4 (2019), p.397-430
DIREITO COMUNITÁRIO, DIREITO ADUANEIRO COMUNITÁRIO, SANÇÕES ADUANEIRAS, PRINCÍPIO DA LEGALIDADE, RESPONSABILIDADE OBJECTIVA
The paper deals with some legitimacy and coherence problems of the projected harmonization of customs sanctioning regimes in the European Union. The provision of strict liability offences under the Commission proposal for a directive on the « Union legal framework for customs infringements and sanctions » appears particularly problematic, since it would contrast with the nulla poena sine culpa principle. Given that, despite its high constitutional rank in most member states, the NPSC principle still has an ambiguous statute in ECJ and ECHR case law, the directive proposal provided an ideal test-bed for the principle’s role in the EU policy on punitive matters. During the relative legislative procedure, the intervention of the parliaments (both European and national ones) to ensure the fault requirements for all the proposed offences shows a significantly increasing parliamentary role as a sentinel safeguarding individual rights in this field.