… .
5 According to the first sentence of Article 6(1) ECHR: ‘in the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
’.
6 Judgment of 23 November 2021 (C-564/19, EU:C:2021:949, paragraph 121).
7 ECtHR, 12 May 2017, Simeonovi v. …
… ., The Trial, Penguin Modern Classics, London, 1963.
3 Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings (OJ 2012 L 142, p. 1).
4 It should be noted that the fact, mentioned by the referring court, that the concept of ‘suspect’ is not recognised in Bulgarian
law
is not such as to raise doubts in that regard, since it is undoubtedly an autonomous concept of EU
law
, which does not depend, by definition, on national classifications …