10 Amendments of Jussi HALLA-AHO related to 2013/0409(COD)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should be able to provide that the costs relating to provisional legal aid for suspects or accused persons deprived of liberty and costs relating to provisional legal aid for requested persons can be recovered from those persons if, in the subsequent assessment of the competent authority of whether they have a right to legal aid, they are found to not meet the criteria to benefit from legal aid under national law.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To ensure that requested persons can effectively exercise their right to appoint a lawyer in the issuing Member State to assist the lawyer in the executing Member State, iIn accordance with Directive 2013/48/EU, the issuing Member State should ensure that requested persons have access to legal aid for the purpose of the European arrest warrant proceedings in the executing Member State. This right may be subject to an assessment of the means of the requested person and/or whether it is in the interests of justice to provide legal aid, according to the applicable eligibility criteria in the issuing Member State in question.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Directive sets minimum rules. Member States may extend the rights set out in this Directive in order to provide a higher level of protection. Such higher level of protection should not constitute an obstacle to the mutual recognition of judicial decisions that those minimum rules are designed to facilitate. The level of protection should never fall below the standards provided by the Charter or the ECHR, as interpreted in the case-law of the Court of Justice and of the ECtHR.;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a In respect of minor offences, and provided this is in conformity with the right to a fair trial, this Directive shall not apply: a. where the law of a Member State provides for the imposition of a sanction by an authority other than a court having jurisdiction in criminal matters, and the imposition of such a sanction may be appealed or referred to such a court; or b. where deprivation of liberty cannot be imposed as a sanction.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Article 4 – paragraph 2a (new) Without prejudice to the right to a fair trial, in case of short term deprivation of liberty and when this is not proportionate taking account the interests of justice, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The issuing Member State shall ensure thatfully assess whether it is proportionate and in the interests of justice, for the requested persons, that are exerciseing their right to appoint a lawyer in the issuing Member State to assist the lawyer in the executing Member State, according to Article 10 of Directive 2013/48/EU, have the right toto be eligible for legal aid in that Member State for the purpose of the European arrest warrant proceedings in the executing Member State.;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2