# Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘proceeds’ means any economic advantage derived directly or indirectly from a criminal offence; it may consist of any form of property and includes any subsequent reinvestment or transformation of direct proceeds and any valuable benefits;
(2) ‘property’ means property of any description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, and legal documents or instruments evidencing title or interest in such property;
(3) ‘instrumentalities’ means any property used or intended to be used, in any manner, wholly or in part, to commit a criminal offence or criminal offences;
(4) ‘confiscation’ means a final deprivation of property ordered by a court in relation to a criminal offence;
(5) ‘freezing’ means the temporary prohibition of the transfer, destruction, conversion, disposal or movement of property or temporarily assuming custody or control of property;
(6) ‘criminal offence’ means an offence covered by any of the instruments listed in Article 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/42/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-42/article-2
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