Measure Implementation

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

In the cases referred to in Art. 9(2) of the FD, LT will generally agree to take over the decision on the execution of the supervision measures if the suspect, defendant or sentenced person is studying, working or has been granted an employment contract in LT or has a family member resident in LT or if there are other compelling reasons for taking over the execution of the supervision measure. For constitutional reasons LT will not apply Article 14(1) of the FD in respect of all of the offences referred to in that paragraph.

Legal Framework

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA of 23 October 2009 on the application, between Member States of the European Union, of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention

Competent Authority

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

"Prosecutor. Note: a decision transmitted to the Republic of Lithuania on a supervision measure imposed on a person ordinarily resident in the Republic of Lithuania and who consents to return to the Republic of Lithuania is recognised by a prosecutor of the District Prosecutor's Office of the place of residence of the person in respect of whom the decision has been issued. A decision on a supervision measure imposed in respect of a person not ordinarily resident in the Republic of Lithuania, may also be recognised and executed in the Republic of Lithuania at the request of that person and if the prosecutor agrees to take over the execution of the decision on the supervision measure. In this case, the decision to recognise the supervision measure is issued by a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Lithuania. "

Accepted languages

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Lithuanian.

Execution deadline

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

20 working days.

Concise legal practical information

Special requirements

"The Republic of Lithuania will also recognise and execute decisions on supervision measures issued in criminal proceedings in other Member States of the European Union, imposing, as an alternative to the detention of the suspect, defendant or sentenced person, one or more of the following obligations and prohibitions: a) a prohibition from engaging in certain activities related to the alleged offence; b) a driving ban; c) an obligation to deposit a certain sum of money or to give another type of guarantee, which may either be provided through a specified number of instalments or entirely at once. In the cases referred to in Art. 9(2) of the FD, LT will generally agree to take over the decision on the execution of the supervision measures if the suspect, defendant or sentenced person is studying, working or has been granted an employment contract in LT or has a family member resident in LT or if there are other compelling reasons for taking over the execution of the supervision measure. "

Last reviewed on 20 September 2022 by EJN Secretariat

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