Implementing EU sanctions through criminal law: Serious negligence as a new form of culpability in the Slovak Republic

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dc.contributor.authorKlimek, Libor
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-04T07:19:27Z
dc.date.available2026-05-04T07:19:27Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.descriptionIn: Laws. Basel : Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2026. ISSN 2075-471X. Vol. 15, no. 2 (2026), pp. 1-14.
dc.description.abstractThe enforcement of European Union restrictive measures increasingly relies on criminal law at national level, particularly in response to serious and systematic violations that cannot be effectively addressed through administrative sanctions alone. Directive (EU) 2024/1226 requires Member States to ensure effective, proportionate, and dissuasive criminal penalties for breaches of EU sanctions, including, in defined cases, conduct committed with serious negligence. This article examines the introduction of serious negligence as a new statutory form of culpability in the Slovak Republic, adopted through Act No. 157/2025 Coll. as part of the transposition of Union law. The analysis is based on a doctrinal examination of Slovak criminal law, legislative materials, and relevant EU legal instruments, complemented by a comparative overview of selected Member States. The article demonstrates that the Slovak legislator introduced serious negligence (Slovak: hrubá nedbanlivosť) as a qualified form of negligence in a cautious and narrowly circumscribed manner, limiting its application to a specific offence relating to the breach of a restrictive measure. While this approach strengthens the effectiveness of EU sanction enforcement, it also raises interpretative and practical challenges, particularly in distinguishing serious negligence from ordinary negligence and indirect intent. The article concludes that the Slovak model reflects a balanced attempt to comply with Union obligations while preserving the internal coherence and fundamental principles of national criminal law, with its long-term impact depending on consistent judicial interpretation and restrained application in practice.
dc.description.sponsorshipVEGA 1/0100/24 Zavedenie európskych trestných činov do právneho poriadku Slovenskej republiky
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/laws15020017
dc.identifier.issn2075-471X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.umb.sk/handle/123456789/1456
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute : Basel
dc.rightsCC BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. International
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectmedzinárodné sankcie
dc.subjectinternational sanctions
dc.subjectreštriktívne opatrenia
dc.subjecttrestná zodpovednosť
dc.subjectcriminal liability
dc.subjectcriminal responsibility
dc.subjectnedbanlivosť
dc.subjectnegligence
dc.subjectzavinenie
dc.subjectculpability
dc.subjecttrestné právo
dc.subjectcriminal law
dc.subjectslovenské trestné právo
dc.subjectSlovak criminal law
dc.subjecteurópske trestné právo
dc.subjectEuropean criminal law
dc.titleImplementing EU sanctions through criminal law: Serious negligence as a new form of culpability in the Slovak Republic
dc.typeArticle
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article

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