Convention, established by the Council in accordance with article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters between the Member States of the European Union:Article 1 Relationship to other conventions on mutual assistance

Convention, established by the Council in accordance with article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters between the Member States of the European Union

Article 1 Relationship to other conventions on mutual assistance

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 23-08-2005

Bronpublicatie:: 29-05-2000, Trb. 2000, 96 (uitgifte: 01-09-2000, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 23-08-2005
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 11-11-2005, Trb. 2005, 280 (uitgifte: 01-01-2005, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal publiekrecht / Verdragenrecht
Internationaal strafrecht / Justitiële en politionele samenwerking

1.

The purpose of this Convention is to supplement the provisions and facilitate the application between the Member States of the European Union, of:

(a): the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959, hereinafter referred to as the ‘European Mutual Assistance Convention’;
(b): the Additional Protocol of 17 March 1978 to the European Mutual Assistance Convention;
(c): the provisions on mutual assistance in criminal matters of the Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Schengen Implementation Convention’) which are not repealed pursuant to Article 2(2);
(d): Chapter 2[lees: Chapter II] of the Treaty on Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands of 27 June 1962, as amended by the Protocol of 11 May 1974, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Benelux Treaty’), in the context of relations between the Member States of the Benelux Economic Union.

2.

This Convention shall not affect the application of more favourable provisions in bilateral or multilateral agreements between Member States or, as provided for in Article 26(4) of the European Mutual Assistance Convention, arrangements in the field of mutual assistance in criminal matters agreed on the basis of uniform legislation or of a special system providing for the reciprocal application of measures of mutual assistance in their respective territories.