Fiches Belges: Lituanie

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

Yes. A joint (combined) investigation team, set up by two or more States, EU bodies, by mutual agreement, for a specific purpose and a limited period, which may be extended by mutual consent, and formed from the prosecutors and (or) the officials from pre-trial investigation institutions as its members.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

"Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union, Second Additional Protocol of 8 November 2001 to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, 2002/465/JHA: Joint Investigation Teams (JIT) of 13 June 2002. "

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania.

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

Prosecutor General.

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Lithuanian, English.

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

N/A

a. Special requirements

The officers from foreign countries, who carry out the investigation, are allowed to participated in the activity of joint investigation groups.

b. Other useful information

The group acts according to its own competence, which is provided in the agreement, and following the legislation of the State in which it is formed and in which the actions of the group take place. Only on the bases of the mutual agreement of the States participating and following the same order, under which the agreement of group formation was made, the term of group existence may be prolonged and the objectives and conditions may be changed.