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EU: Council of the European Union: Initiative for a Directive on the rights of defendants to interpretation and translation - draft letters sent to the Commission and to the European Parliament

01 March 2010

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Council of the European Union: Initiative for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the rights to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings - Draft letters to be sent to the Commission and to the European Parliament (pdf):

"the Council regrets the adoption by the Commission of a new proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings. This adoption was unexpected after the debate during the Council meeting (Justice and Home Affairs) on 26 February 2010."

Report on discussion in the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) (pdf). For background on this issue see previous articles.

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