Fiches Belges: Pays-Bas
Gestion des informateurs (204) 1. MEASURE IMPLEMENTATION |
Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation? | Yes. The handling of informers based on a request is primarily undertaken by the Dutch police team TNI. |
2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State | The EU Directive 2014/41/EU, with the European Investigation Order (EIO), was implemented in Dutch law, effective from June 17th 2017.
For countries who have not implemented this EU Directive:
- EU Convention on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters between the member states of the European Union (29 May 2000);
- European Convention on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters (Strasbourg, 1959);
- Several bilateral and multilateral treaties.
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3. COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO: |
* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation | The National Legal Assistance Centre (LIRC). | * execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority) | The National public prosecutor (CI) authorizes the request. |
4. ACCEPTED LANGUAGES |
Accepted languages for the request/decision | When using an EIO: Dutch or English.
Otherwise: One of the official languages of the Council of Europe, but preferably in English or German or a translation in the Dutch language. |
5. EXECUTION DEADLINE |
Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable) | The deadlines mentioned in the EU Directive 2014/41/EU (EIO). |
6. CONCISE LEGAL PRACTICAL INFORMATION |
a. Special requirements | The requests are handled by TCI (Team Criminal Information).
According to Dutch law evidence gathered by this measure can not be used as evidence in a criminal procedure in the Netherlands.
| b. Other useful information | N/A |
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