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2 B 27/16, 2 B 27/16 (2 C 59/16) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2016:301116B2B27.16.0 AI generated

Binding effect of foreign criminal judgments in German disciplinary proceedings under § 57 BDG

Case Number 2 B 27/16, 2 B 27/16 (2 C 59/16)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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The Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) allowed the appeal for lack of legal clarity, effectively ruling that the plaintiff’s argument regarding the preclusive effect of foreign criminal judgments merits further review. The case involves a civil service disciplinary proceeding where a public official contested whether a final criminal judgment issued by a Slovakian court binds the disciplinary court under the Federal Discipline Act (§ 57 BDG), specifically arguing that the judgment results in the consumption of criminal claims under Article 54 of the Schengen Implementation Convention in conjunction with Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The decisive legal issue is the scope and nature of the binding effect (*Bindungswirkung*) of foreign criminal convictions in German administrative disciplinary proceedings, which the Court deemed suitable for clarification due to its fundamental significance.

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Binding effect of foreign criminal judgments in German disciplinary proceedings under § 57 BDG: The case involves a civil service disciplinary proceeding where a public official contested whether a final criminal judgment issued by a Slovakian court binds the disciplinary court under the Federal Discipline Act (§ 57 BDG), specifically arguing that the judgment results in the consumption of criminal claims under Article 54 of the Schengen Implementation Convention in conjunction with Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The decisive legal issue is the scope and nature of the binding effect (*Bindungswirkung*) of foreign criminal convictions in German administrative disciplinary proceedings, which the Court deemed suitable for clarification due to its fundamental significance.

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effects of the judgment foreign decision disciplinary proceedings enforcement of foreign judgments public nature of proceedings penal sanctions

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
This provision is the main legal ground cited in the operative order for allowing the appeal due to the fundamental significance of the legal question.
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2 B 13/23
Limits of binding effect of criminal judgments in disciplinary proceedings: exclusion of sentencing-related factual findings from mandatory adoption under § 57 Abs. 1 BDG
2 C 59/16
Disciplinary dismissal of a civil servant based on binding factual findings from a final foreign criminal conviction
2 B 24/17
Binding effect of criminal findings in disciplinary proceedings and ex officio fact-finding in German civil service law
2 B 78/12
Binding effect of criminal judgments based on empty formal pleas in civil service disciplinary proceedings
2 B 74/18
Binding effect of final criminal judgment factual findings on disciplinary proceedings under § 56(1) LDG NRW

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

This provision is the main legal ground cited in the operative order for allowing the appeal due to the fundamental significance of the legal question.

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Disziplinarrechtliche Bindungswirkung eines rechtskräftigen Urteils eines ausländischen Strafgerichts; Revisionszulassung

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Die Revision wird wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zugelassen (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Das Revisionsverfahren erscheint geeignet, zur Klärung der von der Beschwerde aufgeworfenen Frage beizutragen, ob und, wenn ja, welche Bindungswirkung einem rechtskräftigen Urteil eines ausländischen Strafgerichts nach § 57 BDG im Disziplinarverfahren zukommt. Bei dem in Streit über die disziplinare Bindungswirkung stehendem Urteil handelt es sich um das Strafurteil eines slowakischen Gerichts, das in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nach Art. 54 des Übereinkommens zur Durchführung des Schengener Abkommens (Schengener Durchführungsübereinkommen - SDÜ - ABI. EG 2000 L 239/219) in Verbindung mit Art. 50 der durch den Vertrag von Lissabon am 1. Dezember 2009 in Kraft getretenen Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union (EUGRCh, BGBI. II S. 1233) zu einem Strafklageverbrauch führt.