Fiches Belges

County chief prosecution office shall have the competence and jurisdiction to execute an EIO/Request aiming at surveillance of a locality. If the competent chief prosecution office could not be identified, the Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office of Budapest is competent for the execution. Without judicial permission, in the frame of covert surveillance, a person, home, other room, fenced area, public area, premises open to the public, or vehicle may be covertly surveilled, which are associated with the criminal offence, and information on events taking place may be collected, and technical means to record such events may be used. For the purpose of covert surveillance, persons cooperating in secret may also be used.

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

County chief prosecution office or the Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office of Budapest. When the competent prosecution office may not be identified, the Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office of Budapest shall have competence to receive the EIO.

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