Fiches Belges

For the purposes of mutual judicial assistance, under the internal law on judicial cooperation, either upon authorization of the Minister for Justice or pursuant to the provisions of any agreement, treaty or convention to which Portugal is a Party, direct communication of information relating to criminal matters may be established between Portuguese and foreign authorities that assist judicial authorities is admissible.

EU MLA Convention 2000 (Art. 7) Non-EU countries - Art 11 of CoE Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on MLA (2001) when applicable. Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006 on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the Member States of the European Union

Public Prosecutor

Portuguese and French are the languages declared for the purposes of article 16 of the COE Convention.

N/A

Internal rules that derive from domestic Law 144/99 from august 31st on international cooperation in criminal matters apply.