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EU: Council of the European Union: Blue Amber Ops, LEA Information Exchange Manual and Legal Aid
06 April 2016
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Comments on the Blue Amber joint action days (LIMITE doc no: 15566-16, pdf):
"JADs are included in virtually every operational action plan in 2016. They still remain a controversial concept, mainly because of the lack of a clear definition and a corresponding approach (differentiating them from high-impact operations (HIOs), joint police operations (JPOs), operations launched as part of a joint investigation team (JIT), etc.). Furthermore, it is noted that many operations are falsely called JADs (e.g. operation LUXCAR, which was more akin to a joint police operation, i.e. a type of police operation that has been organised by each EU presidency for a number of years). This lack of a definition causes confusion and limits the value of the operations. We therefore suggest that a clear definition of joint action days be established."
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Manual on Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LIMITE doc no: 6704-16, pdf): 391 pages.
- Legal Aid:
Proposal for a Directive on provisional legal aid for suspects or accused persons deprived of liberty and legal aid in European arrest warrant proceedings = Follow-up of the fifth and sixth trilogues (18 February and 3 March 2016) (LIMITE doc no: 6904-16, pdf) and see:
- As above:
Discussion on selected issues (LIMITE doc no: 7378-16, pdf):
"As Member States will remember, the European Parliament would like to enlarge the scope of the Directive by providing that legal aid should be granted in certain specific cases where investigative or other evidence-gathering measures are carried out under Directive 2014/14/EU on the European Investigation Order (see doc. 6904/16).
At the meeting on 16 March, a lot of Member States voiced concerns concerning these proposals of the European Parliament. The Presidency communicated these concerns to the rapporteur of the European Parliament. He indicated that the European Parliament wants to await the position of the Commission before possibly revising its own position in this matter."