Communicated on 13 June 2017
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 72098/14
Bjarni ARMANNSSON
against Iceland
lodged on 11 November 2014
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the alleged violation of the applicant’s right not to be tried or punished twice for the same offence under Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Did the proceedings that resulted in the imposition of tax surcharges on the applicant constitute “criminal proceedings” for the purpose of Article 4 § 1 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention?
2. Having regard to the fact that tax surcharges were imposed on the applicant and that he was tried and convicted for aggravated tax offences, has he been tried or punished twice for the same offence as prohibited by Article 4 § 1 of Protocol No. 7? (A and B v. Norway [GC], nos. 24130/11 and 29758/11, ECHR 2016 and Sergey Zolotukhin v. Russia [GC], no. 14939/03, ECHR 2009).
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