Consideration should be given to the possibility of applying ne bis in idem in cases of proceedings qualified under national law as having an administrative, disciplinary or other nature, in any case, non-criminal. In other words, if a person is twice sanctioned (bis) for the same act (idem) in proceedings not qualified as criminal by national law, he will be able to invoke before the competent authorities Article 4 of Protocol 7, cancelling the last sanction or, where appropriate, preventing the last procedure. It should be noted, on this occasion, that the mere enunciation in certain legal texts of the phrase “if it is not a crime” cannot justify the application of two sanctions. It is precisely the “if” that prevents one of the procedures. Thus, the authorities are opened an lecta una via. More specifically, it is up to them to decide who is going to continue the procedure and the penalty.