Article 15 › 1

Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable, under the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, the confiscation of instrumentalities, proceeds or property as referred to in Article 12, or proceeds or property transferred to third parties as referred to in Article 13, where criminal proceedings have been initiated but could not be continued because of one or more of the following circumstances: (a) illness of the suspected or accused person; (b) absconding of the suspected or accused person; (c) death of the suspected or accused person; (d) the limitation period for the relevant criminal offence prescribed by national law is below 15 years and has expired after the initiation of criminal proceedings.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04