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Judicial cooperation measure
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"Technical or scientific examinations" are possible without further statutory provisions existing in this respect.
Directive 2014/41/EU European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, 20.04.1959 Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance between Member States of the European Union, 29.05.2000
Public Prosecutor's Office
Where the request for mutual assistance and the annexed documents are not in the German language they must be accompanied by translations of the request and the supporting documents into the German language unless it has been agreed differently in a bilateral agreement.
Under the European Investigation Order: The decision on the 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 the European Investigation Order: No Deadlines.
"Technical or scientific examinations" do not require any authorisation. Technical and scientific examinations are ordered by the public prosecution office and the police on their own initiative; the work of an expert is of course carried out by the expert himself. Only DNA analysis require a court order. False testimony of an expert before a court might be punishable as perjury or false unsworn testimony.
Last reviewed on 11 July 2022 by EJN Secretariat
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