Fiches Belges

The central police record is a list, in the form of extracts, of all infractions a suspect is known for. The criminal record is a list of convictions, prison sentences, minor infractions or other decisions, incurred by an individual, of Belgian or foreign nationality, before a Belgian court.

1959 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters ; Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States; Council Decision 2009/316/JHA of 6 April 2009 on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation We prefer that you use the ECRIS system to request criminal records. Police records can be asked on a police-police basis. Otherwise, the request must be sent to the local public prosecutor’s office of the geographical area where the investigating measure must be executed. If this area is not known, the letter of request must be sent to the federal prosecutor’s office - section of international cooperation.

Dutch, French, German and English. Important remarks: Before the execution, the request will be translated by the Belgian prosecutor if the language is not the language of the judicial area where the request must be executed. It is recommended, when possible, to obtain, prior to sending the request, information about the use of the correct language.

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