Fiches Belges: Lituanie

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

As the bank information is deemed to be a person's private data, in order to obtain bank accounts or any other data which is person's private data, a prosecutor's desision approved by the prie-trial investigation judge is needed. See answer No 402.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

CoE 1959 Convention on MLA and its additional Protocols, EU 2000 Convetion on MLA.

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

Prosecutor General's Office and Regional Prosecutor's Offices, if MLA is provided following the EU 2000 Convention, the Ministry of Justice - if CoE 1959 Convention on MLA is applicable.

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

Prosecutor with prie-trial investigator's approval.

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Lithuanian or English under the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union. Under the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959 requests and annexed documents shall be addressed to in Lithuanian or accompanied by a translation into one of the official languages of the Council of Europe (i.e. English or French).

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

N/A

a. Special requirements

N/A

b. Other useful information

Information received under such a measure may be usd only for the investigation of the case. Any information irrelevant for the investigation must be destroyed by the prosecutor immediately.