Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Communication between competent authorities in criminal matters Without prejudice to Article 3, for the purposes of a European Arrest Warrant issued pursuant to Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, the issuing Member State authority shall use the decentralised IT system referred to in Article 3(1), to provide the competent authority in the executing Member State with: a) the information required to enable the suspect, accused or convicted person to appoint a lawyer in the issuing state in accordance with Article 10(5) of Directive 2013/48/EU and apply for legal aid in the issuing state in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2016/1919/EU; b) the material evidence that supports the cross-border cooperation request in accordance with Article 7(2), of Directive 2012/13/EU, in due time before the hearing through videoconferencing or other distance communication technology.