EU Legislation
Council Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA of 26 June 2001 on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and the proceeds of crime
The Framework Decision does not define the crime of money laundering but it provides that Member States shall take the necessary steps not to make or uphold reservations in respect of a number of provisions of the 1990 Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime. Likewise, it also provides that each Member State shall take the...
Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA of 28 May 2001 combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment
Under this framework decision, fraud involving any form of non-cash means of payment will be recognised as a criminal offence that is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive...
Council Decision of 28 May 2001 on the transmission of samples of controlled substances
This Decision establishes a system allowing for the lawful transmission of samples of illegal narcotic substances between Member States. By facilitating such exchanges between Member States the...
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Mutual recognition of Final Decisions in criminal matters
Traditional judicial cooperation in criminal matters is based on a variety of international legal instruments, which are overwhelmingly characterised by the "request" principle: one sovereign...
Council Decision 2000/642/JHA of 17 October 2000 concerning arrangements for cooperation between financial intelligence units of the Member States in respect of exchanging information
All Member States have set up financial intelligence units (FIUs) to collect and analyse information received under the provisions of Directive 91/308/EEC with the aim of establishing links...
Programme of measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters
In November 2000, the JHA Council adopted its "programme of measures" to implement the principle of "mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters". The mutual recognition principle is that...
Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union
The Council adopted a Convention to facilitate mutual judicial assistance between the authorities of the Member States (police, customs and courts) in order to improve the speed and efficiency of...