EU Legislation
Council Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions
The framework decision seeks to extend the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions to the implementation of non-custodial sentences.
The framework decision sets down the rules to be followed by each EU country to recognise judgments and supervise probation measures (enabling early release) and alternative sanctions (imposing alternatives to detention) issued by other EU...
Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
This framework decision aims to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons when their personal data are processed for the purposes of preventing, investigating, detecting or...
Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law
This Directive aims at obliging Member States to impose criminal penalties on certain behaviour which is seriously detrimental to the environment. This minimum threshold for harmonisation will...
Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime
In 2008, the Council adopted Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime. This instrument seeks to harmonise Member State's laws on the criminalisation of offences linked...
Council Decision 2008/852/JHA of 24 October 2008 on a contact-point network against corruption
This decision establishes a European network of contact points against corruption. The network consists of relevant organisations in Member States. The Commission, Europol and Eurojust are fully...
Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA of 24 July 2008 on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the European Union in the course of new criminal proceedings
This framework decision establishes the criteria whereby previous convictions handed down in one EU country are taken into account during criminal proceedings in another EU country against the...
Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime
This decision provides the administrative and technical provisions that are indispensable for implementing Decision 2008/615/JHA. The focus is especially on the automated exchanges of DNA,...