The study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines to what extent differences between national procedural criminal laws hinder the negotiations and the operation of cross-border cooperation instruments. It is based on a comparative analysis of a representative sample of nine Member States and identifies forms of “hindrances” to cross-border cooperation. Also, several non-legislative and legislative recommendations are put forward for the short- and long-term horizon.
Authors of the Study:
Elodie SELLIER, Université Libre de Bruxelles Anne WEYEMBERGH, Université Libre de Bruxelles Thomas Wahl, Alexander Oppers (Reports on Germany); Gerard Conway (Reports on Ireland); Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero (Reports on Spain); Perrine Simon (Reports on France); Silvia Allegrezza (Reports on Italy); Petra Bard (Reports on Hungary); Aart de Vries, Joske Graat, Tony Marguery (Reports on the Netherlands); Daniel Nitu (Reports on Romania); Samuli Miettinen, Petri Freundlich (Reports on Finland)
The Study is available from the link below:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2018)604977