Fiches Belges: Polonia
Ordin de a prezenta documente (402) 1. MEASURE IMPLEMENTATION |
Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation? | Yes, it is. |
2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State | Article 11 of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters concluded in Strasbourg on 8 November 2001
Article 7 of the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union |
3. COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO: |
* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation | The Ministry of Justice in Warsaw, the General Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, the penal courts and the units of the prosecution service | * execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority) | the penal courts in the judicial proceedings or prosecutors in the pre-trial stage. |
4. ACCEPTED LANGUAGES |
Accepted languages for the request/decision | The requests and attached documents shall be accompanied by their translation into Polish language or into an official language of the Council of Europe ( according to the Polish reservation to Article 16 paragraph 2 of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959 ).
The undermentioned bilateral agreements specify the language requirements that requests for mutual assistance have to meet:
-Cyprus of 14.11.1996 –Polish or English languages,
-Estonia of 27.11.1998- Polish, English or Russian languages,
- Finland of 27.05.1980- Polish or English languages,
- Germany of 17.07.2004 – Polish language,
-Greece of 24.10.1979 –Polish or French languages,
-Lithuania of 26.01.1993- Polish, English or Russian languages,
-Latvia of 23.02.1994- Polish, English or Russian languages,
-Sweden of 10.02.1989-Polish language. |
5. EXECUTION DEADLINE |
Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable) | N/A |
6. CONCISE LEGAL PRACTICAL INFORMATION |
a. Special requirements | N/A | b. Other useful information | N/A |
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