Traduction de «demande d'entraide » (Français → Anglais) :

The authorities responsible for transmitting these requests for assistance are designated in accordance with the bilateral mutual legal assistance treaties between the countries concerned.

EU countries’ requests for assistance are transmitted by central authorities responsible for mutual legal assistance or by national authorities responsible for investigating or prosecuting criminal offences.

Processing of requests for mutual assistance - Article 4 : the Framework Decision requires that requests from other Member States related to asset identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation are processed with the same priority as is given to such measures in domestic proceedings.

But requests for judicial assistance can be met satisfactorily only if the Member States set up an efficient system for registering bank accounts allowing a rapid response to requests for judicial assistance on bank accounts and movements of funds.

the conclusion of the Pre-Accession Pact on organised crime with the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltic States, and Cyprus; political agreement of a joint action aiming at making it an offence under the laws of each Member State for a person, present in its territory, to participate in a criminal organisation, irrespective of the location in the Union where the organisation is concentrated or is carrying out its criminal activity; the signature of conventions on customs co-operation and corruption and substantive progress on the draft convention on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; the establishment of a European judicial network to improve practical co-operation and agreement on a Joint ...[+++] Action on best practices in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; establishment of a system of mutual evaluation, focusing initially on reasons for delays in providing mutual legal assistance and urgent requests for restraint of assets; improvements to the mechanism for collecting and analysing data on organised crime in preparing the annual situation report; adoption of the Falcone multi-annual funding programme for action against organised crime.

With regard to the structure and specific content of the draft Convention, Title I contains provisions on the modalities of requests for mutual assistance: compliance with the formalities and procedures indicated by the requesting Member State when executing letters rogatory and in this context the possibility of setting deadlines, sending and service of procedural documents, transmission of requests for mutual assistance (in principle to be made directly between judicial authorities with territorial competence for their service and execution), spontaneous exchange of information.