Fight against crime: exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the Member States. Framework Decision. Initiative Sweden

2004/0812(CNS)

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Antoine DUQUESNE (ALDE, BE) and made some amendments to the Commission’s text. (Please see the summary of 25/05/2005.) In addition, Parliament appended the following to the original proposal:

- if information or intelligence cannot be provided immediately, the competent law enforcement authority having received a request for information or intelligence shall indicate immediately the timeframe within which it can be provided;

- a competent law enforcement authority may also refuse to provide information where it has reason to believe that the state requesting the information might use that information for the prosecution of offences other than that stated in the request. The information received may only be used for the prosecution of the crime for which it is requested.