"ARTICLE 48 CHARTER" [2014] ELECD 901; in VerLoren van Themaat , Weijer; Reuder, Berend (eds), "European Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 785

Book Title: European Competition Law

Editor(s): VerLoren van Themaat , Weijer; Reuder, Berend

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783476862

Section: Chapter 25

Section Title: ARTICLE 48 CHARTER

Number of pages: 17

Extract:

25
ARTICLE 48 CHARTER*

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE

Everyone who has been charged shall be presumed innocent until proved
guilty according to law.
Respect for the rights of the defence of anyone who has been charged shall
be guaranteed.

ARTICLE 6(2) AND (3) ECHR

2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent
until proved guilty according to law.
3. Everyone charged with a criminal offence has the following minimum
rights:
(a) to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and
in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him;
(b) to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his
defence;
(c) to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own
choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assist-
ance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require;
(d) to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain
the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under
the same conditions as witnesses against him;
(e) to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot under-
stand or speak the language used in court.

OVERVIEW

A. EXPLANATION RELATING TO 1. General 25.01
ARTICLE 48 CHARTER (p.786) 2. In relation to parental liability 25.15
3. In relation to the causal link in case
B. PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE 25.01 of a concerted practice 25.18




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