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European protection order — supporting crime victims EU-wide
European protection order — supporting crime victims EU-wide
European protection order — supporting crime victims EU-wide
European protection order — supporting crime victims EU-wide
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 2011/99/EU — European protection order
SUMMARY
WHAT DOES THE DIRECTIVE DO?
KEY POINTS
To issue a European protection order, there must be an existing national protection measure in place in that EU country that imposes one or more of the following bans or restrictions on the person causing the protected person danger:
Issuing an order
There are several conditions including that:
The order can be requested in either the EU country where the protected person currently lives or stays (executing country) or the one in which the order will be issued (issuing country).
Non-recognition of an order
The executing country can refuse to recognise an order for a number of reasons including:
If the executing country refuses to recognise the order they must:
Enforcing an order
The executing country is responsible for taking and enforcing measures to carry out the order. If the order is breached it can:
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It entered into force on 10 January 2012. EU countries had to incorporate it into their national law by 11 January 2015.
BACKGROUND
See ‘Victims’ on the European Commission's Justice website.
ACT
Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order (OJ L 338, 21.12.2011, pp. 2–18)
RELATED ACTS
Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, pp. 4–12)
last update 25.01.2016