Article 3

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply: ‘proceeds’ means any economic advantage derived directly or indirectly from a criminal offence consisting of any form of property, and including any subsequent reinvestment or transformation of direct proceeds and any valuable benefits; ‘property’ means property of any description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, including crypto-assets, and legal documents or instruments in any form, evidencing title or interest in such property; ‘instrumentalities’ means any property used or intended to be used, in any manner, wholly or partially, to commit a criminal offence; ‘tracing and identification’ means any investigation by competent authorities to determine instrumentalities, proceeds or property that might be derived from criminal activities; ‘freezing’ means the temporary prohibition of the transfer, destruction, conversion, disposal or movement of property or temporarily assuming custody or control of property; ‘confiscation’ means a final deprivation of property ordered by a court in relation to a criminal offence; ‘criminal organisation’ means a criminal organisation as defined in Article 1, point (1), of Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA; ‘victim’ means a victim as defined in Article 2(1), point (a), of Directive 2012/29/EU, or a legal person, as defined in national law, that has suffered harm or economic loss as a direct result of any of the offences within the scope of this Directive; ‘beneficial owner’ means a beneficial owner as defined in Article 3, point (6), of Directive (EU) 2015/849; ‘affected person’ means: a natural or legal person against whom a freezing or confiscation order is issued; a natural or legal person that owns property that is the object of a freezing or confiscation order; a third party whose rights in relation to property that is the object of a freezing order or a confiscation order are directly prejudiced by that order; or a natural or legal person whose property is subject to an interlocutory sale pursuant to Article 21 of this Directive.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.