The Principle of Proportionality and the Billerud Ruling

• Published in: Croatian yearbook of European law & policy Vol. 13; no. 13; pp. 255 - 290
• Main Author: Čičak, Ana-Marija
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law 01.01.2017
• Subjects: billerud case; court of justice; discretionary policy choices; eu charter of fundamental rights; fundamental rights; penalties; proportionality
• ISSN: 1845-5662; 1848-9958
• DOI: 10.3935/cyelp.13.2017.289

The paper approaches the problematic related to the role played by the proportionality principle in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, through the lens of the Billerud case. When conducting the proportionality analysis, the Court employs different standards of the examinatio...