The nine Member State governments who proposed the EIO lobby the Council of the European Union for it to be quickly adopted: Initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of
The nine Member State governments who proposed the EIO lobby the Council of the European Union for it to be quickly adopted: Initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Estonia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Sweden for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters- Letters (6532-12, pdf)
See also Statewatch Analysis: The proposed European Investigation Order: Assault on human rights and national sovereignty (pdf)