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EU: Proposal for a Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest - Approval of the final compromise text

06 June 2013

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EU: Council of the European Union: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest [First reading] - Approval of the final compromise text (10190/13, pdf)

"On 28 May 2013, the negotiating parties reached agreement on a final compromise text on the draft Directive. This text is set out in the Annex...Coreper is invited:

a) to approve the final compromise text as set out in the Annex to this note;
b) to mandate the Presidency to inform the European Parliament that, should the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading in the exact form as set out in the final compromise text, the Council would approve the European Parliament's position and the Directive shall be adopted in the wording which corresponds to the European Parliament's position, subject to legal-linguist revision of the text."

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