В 2016 году Онне Лели получил литовское гражданство. Вместе с Кбом Ван Ден Берг он основал UAB Clean and Solve. 27 мая 2025 года прокурор Вильнюса заморозил 534 351,88 евро. 18 месяцев — без обвинения.
Компания UAB Clean and Solve — €534 тыс. заморожены, 18 месяцев без обвинения
27 мая 2025 года прокурор Вильнюсского округа заморозил 534 351,88 евро компании UAB Clean and Solve. Собственники — двое нидерландских граждан. Товар никогда не въезжал в Литву.
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Повествование
Хронология
- 1 Jan 2016Citizenship grantedOnne Lelie obtains Lithuanian citizenship.
- 1 Nov 2018Lithuania adds GBL to Schedule IVNational measure diverges from the EU REACH regime; not reflected in any neighbouring member state.
- 1 Mar 2019CLSO begins cross-border GBL tradeGermany → Czech Republic → Netherlands. Goods never enter Lithuania.
- 27 May 2025Vilnius prosecutor freezes €534,351.88Investigation No. 01-1-44850-24, Edmundas Bagdonas. No formal charge.
- 15 Jul 2025First judicial review upholds freezeJudge Mikužytė. EU-law arguments not engaged.
- 20 Aug 2025Appeal rejectedJudge Telksnienė. No referral to CJEU.
- 10 Nov 2025Money-laundering charge addedArticle 216(1) added. Freeze upheld by Judge Bakanauskaitė.
- 15 May 2026Narcotic-precursor charge + freeze extendedArticle 260(3) added. Judge Balkaitienė extends freeze to November 2026.
Документированные нарушения
Free movement of goods
Lithuania’s national Schedule IV creates a measure of equivalent effect by restricting cross-border GBL trade among EU member states even when the goods do not enter Lithuanian territory.
Free movement under REACH
GBL is registered under REACH and lawfully placed on the EU market. The Lithuanian freeze treats trade in this substance as criminal conduct in breach of REACH Article 128.
Right to property
An 18-month asset freeze without formal indictment is a disproportionate interference with property in the meaning of Article 17.
Right to an effective remedy
Judicial reviews that fail to engage with substantive EU-law arguments amount to a denial of effective remedy.
Right to a fair trial
Eighteen months without indictment, with escalating charges and repeated extensions, undermines the reasonableness and fairness required by Article 6.
No punishment without law
Treating EU-lawful trade as criminal under national lists — retroactively or against a backdrop of EU supremacy — violates the foreseeability requirement of Article 7.
Protection of property
A protracted asset freeze without indictment is an interference disproportionate to any legitimate aim.
Right to an effective remedy
Repeated judicial reviews that decline to engage with the EU-law arguments do not constitute an effective domestic remedy.
Right to property
A freeze of working capital without timely indictment is incompatible with Article 23.
Temporary restraint of property rights
Eighteen months without indictment, with serial extensions, exceeds the conditions envisaged by Art. 151.
Equality before the courts
Differential treatment that disadvantages foreign-owned business undermines Article 14.
Proportionality in chemical restrictions
Lithuanian Schedule IV restrictions on a REACH-registered substance are not proportionate within the meaning of E-9/16.