Fiches Belges: Denmark

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

Yes. Council Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 was implemented through Law no. 271 of 4 April 2011 (Ændring af lov om fuldbyrdelse af visse strafferetlige afgørelser i Den Europæiske Union og lov om udlevering af lovovertrædere (Gennemførelse af rammeafgørelsen om gensidig anerkendelse af og tilsyn med afgørelser om pligter og påbud i forbindelse med udsættelse af straffastsættelse eller straffuldbyrdelse m.v. og rammeafgørelsen om afgørelser afsagt, uden at den pågældende har været til stede under retssagen)) which came into force on 6 December 2011.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

Council Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

The Director of Public Prosecutions

* execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority)

The Director of Public Prosecutions and the courts

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Danish

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

N.A.

a. Special requirements

N.A.

b. Other useful information

Type of probation measures and alternative sanctions (Article 4(2)): In addition to the probation measures and alternative sanctions referred to in Article 4(1) of the Framework Decision, Denmark undertakes to supervise decisions on intensive monitoring at the sentenced person's place of residence provided that the person concerned has a suitable residence in Denmark where such monitoring may take place and subject to the consent of any fellow residents over the age of 18 years, and on condition that such monitoring is compatible with the work and education of the person concerned. In general terms it may be pointed out that, pursuant to Section 29 m of the Act on the execution of certain decisions in criminal matters in the European Union, an obligation or instruction which, on account of its nature or duration, is incompatible with the obligations or instructions which may be imposed for an analogous offence under Danish legislation may be aligned with an obligation or instruction which could be imposed in Denmark. The obligation or instruction thus aligned must be as similar as possible to the original obligation or instruction imposed in the issuing State, and must not be any more stringent.