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Council Decision (EU) 2022/722 of 5 April 2022 authorising Member States to sign, in the interest of the European Union, the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2022/722 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2022)6427 |
| Original proposal | COM(2021)718  |
| CELEX number i | 32022D0722 |
| Document | 05-04-2022; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 01-12--1; OJ L 134, p. 15–20 |
| Effect | 05-04-2022; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
11.5.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 134/15 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/722
of 5 April 2022
authorising Member States to sign, in the interest of the European Union, the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 16 and Article 82(1), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 6 June 2019, the Council authorised the Commission to participate, on behalf of the Union, in the negotiations on a Second Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (CETS No 185) (‘the Convention on Cybercrime’). |
(2) |
The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence (‘the Protocol’) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 17 November 2021 and is envisaged to be opened for signature on 12 May 2022. |
(3) |
The provisions of the Protocol fall within an area covered to a large extent by common rules within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), including instruments facilitating judicial cooperation in criminal matters, ensuring minimum standards of procedural rights as well as data protection and privacy safeguards. |
(4) |
The Commission has also submitted legislative proposals for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters and a Directive laying down harmonised rules on the appointment of legal representatives for the purpose of gathering evidence in criminal proceedings, introducing binding cross-border European Production and Preservation Orders to be addressed directly to a representative of a service provider in another Member State. |
(5) |
With its participation in the negotiations on the Protocol, the Commission ensured its compatibility with the relevant common Union rules. |
(6) |
A number of reservations, declarations, notifications and communications in relation to the Protocol are necessary to ensure compatibility of the Protocol with Union law and policies. Others are relevant to ensure the uniform application of the Protocol by Union Member States that are Parties to the Protocol (‘Member State Parties’) in their relation with third countries that are Parties to the Protocol (‘third-country Parties’), as well as the effective application of the Protocol. |
(7) |
The reservations, declarations, notifications and communications on which guidance is given to the Member States in the Annex to this Decision, are without prejudice to any other reservations or declarations that they might wish to make individually where the Protocol so permits. |
(8) |
Member States which do not make reservations, declarations, notifications and communications in accordance with the Annex to this Decision at the time of signature should do so when they deposit their instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the Protocol. |
(9) |
Following the signature and the ratification, acceptance or approval of the Protocol, the Member States should, in addition, observe the indications set out in the Annex to this Decision. |
(10) |
The Protocol provides for swift procedures that improve cross-border access to electronic evidence and a high level of safeguards. Therefore, its entry into force will contribute to the fight against cybercrime and other forms of crime at global level by facilitating cooperation between Member State Parties and third-country Parties,... |
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