A confiscation order is a final penalty or measure ordered by a court in a Member State of the European Union, referred to as the issuing State, following proceedings in respect of one or more criminal offences, resulting in the permanent deprivation of one or more items of property.
The judicial authority shall be competent, in accordance with the rules and conditions laid down in this section, to transmit to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union, known as the executing States, or to execute, at their request, an order to confiscate property.