harmonization of criminal law in europe
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harmonization of criminal law in europe
HARMONIZATION OF CRIMINAL LAW IN EUROPE ERLING JOHANNES HUSABØ ASBJØRN STRANDBAKKEN (eds.) Antwerpen – Oxford Persoonlijke kopie van () Distribution for the UK: Hart Publishing Salter’s Boat Yard Folly Bridge Abingdon Road Oxford OX1 4LB UK Tel: + 44 1865 24 55 33 Fax: + 44 1865 79 48 82 Distribution for North America: Gaunt Inc. Gaunt Building 3011 Gulf Drive Holmes Beach Florida 34217-2199 USA Tel: + 1 941 778 5211 Fax: + 1 941 778 5252 Distribution for Switzerland and Germany: Schulthess Verlag Zwingliplatz 2 CH-8022 Zürich Switzerland Tel: + 41 1 251 93 36 Fax: + 41 1 261 63 94 Distribution for other countries: Intersentia Publishers Groenstraat 31 2640 Mortsel Belgium Tel: + 32 3 680 15 50 Fax: + 32 3 658 71 21 Harmonization of Criminal Law in Europe Erling Johannes Husabø & Asbjørn Strandbakken © 2005 Intersentia Antwerpen – Oxford http://www.intersentia.be ISBN 90-5095-474-X D/2005/7849/48 NUR 824 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. Persoonlijke kopie van () PREFACE A colloquium on “The Harmonization of Criminal Law in Europe” was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen on 20-21 February 2004. The colloquium brought together 39 experts of criminal law from eight countries (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands). The harmonization process was highlighted by eight different speakers, who discussed developments and tendencies in both substantive criminal law, criminal procedural law and international criminal law. Although the rapid progress in European Union Law in these areas took a central place, the situation in European states outside the EU was discussed as well. The articles presented in this book are based on the lectures given at the colloquium. The colloquium was sponsored by the E. ON Ruhrgas programme and the Meltzer Foundation at the University of Bergen. Bergen, February 2005 Erling Johannes Husabø & Asbjørn Strandbakken Intersentia Persoonlijke kopie van () v LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Asbjørn Strandbakken is Professor of Law and vice dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, Norway. Walter Perron is Professor of Criminal Law and Procedure and Comparative Criminal Law and vice dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Petter Asp is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Uppsala. Sweden. Günter Heine is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Berne, Switzerland. Erling Johannes Husabø is Professor of Law at the University of Bergen, Norway. Kimmo Nuotio is Professor of Law at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Henning Radtke is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Philosophy of Law and dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Marburg, Germany. Thomas Elholm is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Southern Denmark. Heike Jung is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminology and Comparative Criminal Law at the University of Saarbrücken, Germany. Intersentia Persoonlijke kopie van () vii TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ASBJØRN STRANDBAKKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CHAPTER II. PERSPECTIVES OF THE HARMONIZATION OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION WALTER PERRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. The Development of European Criminal Law and Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1. European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 a. Before the Treaty of Maastricht 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 b. The Treaty of Maastricht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 c. The Treaty of Amsterdam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 d. Towards a European Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.2. Council of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.3. The Schengen Treaties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. Present State of Harmonization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.1. General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.2. Subjects of the Different Regulations of the European Union . . . . . . . 14 2.3. Common Patterns in the Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. Evaluation and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.1. Why Harmonization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2. Problems of Harmonization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.3. Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Intersentia Persoonlijke kopie van () ix Table of Contents CHAPTER III. MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW COOPERATION WITHIN THE EU PETTER ASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. What Has Been Done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1. Extradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. Mutual Legal Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. Mutual Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Perspectives on Mutual Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1. Mutual Recognition as a General Concept of EU Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2. Elements of Mutual Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3. Degrees of Mutual Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4. Mutual Recognition and Harmonization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. Increased Distance between Execution and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . 4. Evaluation and Prospects for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Preliminary Rulings from the European Court of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2. On the Importance of Preliminary Rulings under the Third Pillar . . . 5.3. The Ne Bis in Idem-Judgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4. The Reference for the Second Ne Bis in Idem-Judgement . . . . . . . . . . 5.5. The Constitution for Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 24 24 25 26 28 28 29 30 31 33 33 36 36 36 39 39 40 CHAPTER IV. CHANGES IN CRIMINAL LAW AND COOPERATION THROUGH, IN PARTICULAR, THE SCHENGEN AGREEMENT AND EUROPOL: POSSIBILITIES, PROBLEMS AND INFLUENCE IN STATES OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION GÜNTER HEINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Inventory: General Features and the Specific Situation of Switzerland . . . . . 2.1. General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. Switzerland and Some Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Consequences, Critical Points and Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1. Being European on the Long Run – or Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2. Judicial Control and Civil Liberties? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. Changes in Criminal Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b. Key Position: Preliminary Stage – Adequate Guarantees! . . . . . . . x Persoonlijke kopie van () 41 42 42 45 48 48 50 50 51 Intersentia Table of Contents CHAPTER V. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RULES ON TERRORISM THROUGH THE PILLARS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ERLING JOHANNES HUSABØ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Security Council Resolution 1373 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Cross-Pillar Action by the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1. The Framework Decision in General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2. The Definition of Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. Background and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b. The Terrorist Aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. The “Danger” Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d. Exception for Freedom Fighters and Demonstrations? . . . . . . . . . 4.3. Terrorism as a Crime (Per Se) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4. Criminalization of Preparatory Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. The Blacklisting of Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1. The Two Systems of Blacklisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2. The Functions of the Blacklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3. The Legal Basis of the Blacklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4. The Primary Sanctions (Freezing of Funds) and Access to Court . . . . 5.5. The Secondary Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Some General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1. Globalization and Harmonization of Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2. More “Pre-activism” in Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3. More “Subjectivism” in Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Pressure on Basic Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 54 55 57 57 58 58 60 61 62 63 64 66 66 67 68 70 72 73 73 73 74 75 CHAPTER VI. HARMONIZATION OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – CRIMINAL LAW SCIENCE FICTION KIMMO NUOTIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Harmonization of Criminal Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Example: Penalties as Concerns Corruption in the Private Sector . . . . . . . . . “Effective, Proportionate and Dissuasive” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fundamental Rights – in a Similar Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fundamental Rights within the EU and the Law on Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctions and the EC Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intersentia Persoonlijke kopie van () 79 80 81 85 86 88 xi Table of Contents 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The Green Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Problematic Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Towards the Hague (Tampere II) Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Harmonization of Penalties as Regarded in Scholarly Research . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Slow Food? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 CHAPTER VII. THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A EUROPEAN PROSECUTOR HENNING RADTKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. The European Public Prosecutor According to the Model of the European Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1. The Case History of the Green Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. The Concept of the Green Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. About the Necessity for a European Prosecution Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1. The Reasons of the European Commission for the Introduction of a European Prosecution Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2. The European Prosecution Service as a Controlling Organisation of European Police Enquiry Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Criticism of the Green Paper’s Model of the European Prosecution Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1. No Public Prosecutor’s Office without a Code of Criminal Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2. Possible Solutions to the Problem of the Transfer of Evidence . . . . . 5. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 104 104 106 109 109 110 113 113 116 118 CHAPTER VIII. NEW EU COMPETITION RULES IN A CRIMINAL LEGAL CONTEXT THOMAS ELHOLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Concept of Penalty in Regulation 1/2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burden of Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-Incrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2. The Concept “Criminal Offence” in ECHR Article 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3. The Concept “Charged” for the Purposes of ECHR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4. The EU Competition Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Persoonlijke kopie van () 119 121 121 124 124 126 127 130 Intersentia Table of Contents 4.5. Concerning Legal Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6. Danish Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Search and Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1. ECHR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2. EU Competition Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3. Danish Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. The Distribution of Powers between the Commission and the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Conclusion and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 134 138 138 139 143 144 144 CHAPTER IX. MAINTAINING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PROCESS OF HARMONIZING EUROPEAN CRIMINAL LAW HEIKE JUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Where Do We Stand? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1. The General Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. The Particularities of European Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. The Reform Market: Proposals, Green Papers, Framework Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. What Criminal Lawyers Should Be Concerned About? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. In Whom and What Should We Trust? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1. The Symbolic Value of Human Rights Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2. Strict Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3. The Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. Luxembourg or Strasbourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b. The Philosophy of the Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. The Acceptance of Court Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d. The Role of the Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Strategic Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1. Where Should We Intervene? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2. How Should We Intervene? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. What Counts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 148 148 148 Intersentia xiii Persoonlijke kopie van () 149 149 150 150 151 151 152 153 153 154 155 155 156 156 ABBREVIATIONS AJIL American Journal of International Law, USA AJP/PJA Aktuelle juristische Praxis, Switzerland BGHSt Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofes in Strafsachen, Germany BVerfGE Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgericht, Germany CML Rev Common Market Law Review, England Cornell ILJ Cornell International Law Journal, USA DD Delikt en Delinkwent, The Netherlands DRiZ Deutsche Richterzeitung, Germany DRZ Deutsche Rechts-Zeitschrift, Germany EBLR European Business Law Review, The Netherlands ECHR European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950 ECJ European Court of Justice ECR European Court Reports, Luxembourg ECtHR European Court of Human Rights ELR European Law Review, England ERA-Forum Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany EuGRZ Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift, Germany EuZ Zeitschrift für Europarecht: Beiheft der Schweizerischen Juristen-Zeitung, Switzerland EuZW Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, Germany GA Goltdammer’s Archiv für Strafrecht, Germany GLJ German Law Journal, Germany GYIL German Yearbook of International Law, Germany HRLR Human Rights Law Review, England ICC International Criminal Court ICLQ International and Comparative Law Quarterly, England ILF International Law FORUM du droit international, The Netherlands Intersentia Persoonlijke kopie van () xv Abbreviations JuS Juristische Schulung, Germany JZ Juristenzeitung, Germany KritV Kritische Vierteljahrschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft, Germany LJIL Leiden Journal of International Law, The Netherlands LoR Lov og Rett, Norway NJB Nederlands Juristenblad, The Netherlands NJIL Nordic Journal of International Law, Denmark NJW Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, Germany NStZ Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht, Germany NTfK Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, Denmark NZZ-Online Neue Züricher Zeitung Online, Switzerland PQ The Political Quarterly, England SIS Schengen Information System SJZ Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, Switzerland StPO Strafprozessordnung (Germany) TEC Treaty of the European Communities TEU Treaty on the European Union TfS Tidsskrift for Strafferett, Norway UfR Ugeskrift for retsvæsen, Denmark wistra Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht, Germany ZaöRV Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Germany ZBJV Zeitschrift des Bernischen Juristenvereins, Switzerland ZRP Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, Germany ZStrR Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Strafrecht, Switzerland ZStW Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, Germany xvi Intersentia