Fiches Belges

EIO/MLA request issued for obtaining information on bank or other financial account and on banking and other financial operation shall be executed by the competent district prosecution office, in the jurisdiction of which, the place of bank branch holding the account or the site of other financial institution can be found. The EIO/Request shall only be executed by a court, when it is explicitly requested by the issuing authority. In this case, the court, in the jurisdiction of which the place of bank branch holding the account or the site of other financial institution can be found, shall execute the request for assistance. The reasons of the request for information, and all the information serving the identification of the account holder, the financial institution holding the account and of the concrete account shall be included in the EIO/LoR.

Directive 2014/41/EU on EIOs; European Convention of 20 April 1959 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (and its second additional protocol); 2001 Protocol to the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union

District prosecution office (or district court, when it is explicitly requested by the issuing authority)

Please see declaration made by Hungary to the applicable legal instrument

In case of EIO: The decision on recognition shall be taken within 30 days. The measure shall be carried out within 90 days following the taking of the decision on the recognition. For states not applying EIO: no deadlines.

Please see above