KARAPETYAN v. GEORGIA - 61233/12 (Judgment : No Protection of property : Fifth Section)

Art 1 P1 • Control of the use of property • Confiscation of undeclared money • Confiscation prescribed by law and following legitimate interest of detecting and monitoring movement of cash across State� s borders • Applicant� s partial ownership of the sum in question addressed by domestic courts • Applicant aware of regulations, having regularly travelled through checkpoint • No additional sanction imposed • Burden imposed not excessive

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Latif H�seynov, ��������� Lado Chanturia, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, judges, and Victor Soloveytchik, Section Registrar,

the application against Georgia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by an Armenian national, Ms Hasmik Karapetyan (�the applicant�), on 7 September 2012;