On 22 March 2022, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") delivered two judgments clarifying the scope of protection of the non bis in idem (double jeopardy) principle which provides that a (natural or legal) person may only be sanctioned once for a single unlawful course of conduct where the sanctions are designed to protect the same legal interest. Key takeaways The non bis in idem principle does not protect an undertaking from dual proceedings where there are distinct protected legal interests pursued in each proceeding. Dual proceedings are only permissible where there are clear and precise rules that make it possible to predict (i) which acts or omissions are liable to be subject to duplicative proceedings, and (ii) that there will be coordination between two competent authorities.
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The EU Court of Justice clarifies the protection provided by the non bis in idem principle in two judgments (Bpost) (Nordzucker)
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