Mutual recognition in evidence gathering and confiscation Introduction

with financial support from the
Criminal Justice Programme
of the European Union
Mutual recognition in evidence gathering and
confiscation
Luxembourg, 10-11 March 2015
Grant Agreement JUST/2013/JPEN/AG/4519
Mutual Recognition Instruments in the European Judicial Area
Seminar Venue
European Centre for Judges and Lawyers, EIPA Luxembourg
Building of the Chambre des Métiers, 2 Circuit de la Foire internationale, 1347 Luxembourg
Introduction
Target group: Judges, Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers from Denmark, Romania and other
Member States.
Description: Collecting evidence in cross-border cases can be a difficult task for competent
authorities in the different Member States of the European Union. Composed of different legal and
judicial systems, the European Union until now had not have a unique set of rules yet enabling
Member States to deal efficiently and uniformly with collection, and recognition of evidence. This
seminar will present the different common investigation tools recognised at the EU level (Joint
Investigation Teams, Mutual legal assistance requests, freezing orders etc.) as well as the recently
adopted new legislative instrument the European Investigation Order. The analysis of those
instruments and practical case studies will generate exchanges amongst participants and experts
and sharing of best practices
Method: A mixture of presentations, case studies, discussions and workshops.
Objectives: The objective of this seminar is twofold: firstly, helping practitioners to understand
and to use the possibilities existing at European level to collect evidence and identifying good
practices; secondly, to enhance communication and cooperation in this field between national
judicial authorities.
Experts (to be confirmed)
Stéphanie Bosly, Head of the European Criminal Law Unit, Directorate-General for Legislation,
Freedom and Fundamental Rights, Federal Ministry of Justice (Stephanie.Bosly@just.fgov.be)
Pascal Gastineau, Vice-President in charge of investigation, District Court Lille
(Pascal.Gastineau@justice.fr)
Amelie Leclerq, Visiting Expert at EIPA Luxembourg – European Centre for Judges and
Lawyers, Head of Department at the Court of First Instance in Lille
EIPA – European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
Petra Jeney, Senior Lecturer, p.jeney@eipa.eu
Virgil Ivan-Cucu, Senior Lecturer, v.ivan-cucu@eipa.eu
Christiane Lamesch, Programme Organiser, c.lamesch@eipa.eu
Programme
TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2014
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2014
09.00 Welcome and mutual introduction
09.00 New directions in EU legislation Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the
Council on the freezing and
confiscation of proceeds of crime
in the European Union
Pascal Gastineau
09.15 Overview of the EU Criminal
Justice area, pre-trial measures
and collecting evidence - 2000 EU
Convention on Mutual Assistance
in criminal matters between EU
Member states
Petra Jeney
10.00 Discussion
10.15 Discussion
10.15 Coffee break
10.30 Coffee break
12.15 Discussion
10.45 The Camden Asset Recovery InterAgency Network (CARIN), EU
National Asset Recovery Offices
(AROs) and Europol's Role in
Asset Recovery
Pascal Gastineau
12.30 Lunch
11.45 Discussion
13.30 Practical implications of the
European Investigation Order
Stéphanie Bosly
12.00 Workshop based on a case study
Petra Jeney
11.00 The European Investigation Order:
Main ideas of the directive
Stéphanie Bosly
14.45 Discussion
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Request for certain specific forms
of
assistance:
Controlled
deliveries
and
Covert
investigations
Virgil Ivan-Cucu
16.15 Discussion
16.30 Request for certain specific forms
of
assistance:
Hearing
by
videoconference
Amélie Leclerq
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Criminal records and the ECRIS
Amelie Leclerq
14.45 Discussion
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Request for certain specific forms
of assistance: Hearing by
videoconference
16.30 Discussion
16.45 Future perspectives in evidence
gathering
Petra Jeney
17.30 Discussion
17.30 Evaluation
17.45 End of Day
17.45 END OF SEMINAR
with financial support
from the Criminal
Justice Programme of
the European Union
Seminar 3: Mutual recognition in evidence gathering and confiscation
Luxembourg (LU), 10-11 March 2015
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