The European Commission (departments of Justice and Consumers and Migration and Home Affairs) announced a public consultation on improving cross-border access to electronic evidence in criminal matters.
The objective is to gather input from a broad range of interested stakeholders, including public authorities, judges, prosecutors, EU institutions and agencies, international organisations, private companies, professional and business associations, civil society, academics and the general public.
The questions asked will enable the collection of information, views and experiences on current practices on obtaining cross-border electronic evidence in the Member States as well as on practical and legal problems arising both at national and EU level from gaps and weaknesses of existing regulations.
The consultation is open until 27 October 2017.
More information, related documents and link to participants’ questionnaire could be found here.
Source: European Commission