The article deals with the ruling by which the Constitutional Court declared the illegitimacy of art. 2641, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Italian Civil Code, insofar as it subjects to confiscation, also by equivalent, the assets used to commit corporate crimes, with reference to the principle of proportionality of the penalty referred to in art. 3, 27, third paragraph, as well as in art. 11 and 117, first paragraph, of the Italian Constitution, the latter in connection with art. 49, paragraph 3, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
La nota ha ad oggetto la sentenza con cui la Corte costituzionale ha dichiarato illegittimo l’art. 2641 commi 1 e 2 c.c., nella parte in cui assoggetta a confisca obbligatoria, anche per equivalente, i beni utilizzati per commettere il reato, in riferimento al principio di proporzionalità della pena di cui agli artt. 3, 27, co. 3, nonché agli artt. 11 e 117, co. 1 Cost., questi ultimi in relazione all’art. 49, par. 3 C.D.F.U.E