mutual legal assistance agreement [ agreement on mutual legal assistance | agreement respecting mutual legal assistance ]

Nordic mutual emergency assistance agreement in connection with radiation accidents

Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of India on customs cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters

Agreement between the European Community and Hong Kong, China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters

Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters

Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China concerning mutual legal assistance in criminal matters

administrative mutual assistance | administrative assistance | mutual assistance in administrative matters

Agreement of 5 November 1992 on Mutual Assistance and Inter-Cantonal Cooperation in Criminal Matters

N. whereas data protection reform is under way at EU level, through the revision of Directive 95/46/EC and its replacement with the proposed general Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data; whereas the draft Data Protection Regulation sent in November 2011 by Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding to her colleagues contained a provision that would make it a condition for the disclosure of user data to authorities in third countries to have a legal foundation ...[+++]such as a mutual legal assistance agreement and an authorisation from the competent data protection authority; whereas this article disappeared after strong lobbying from the US administration, and whereas only a very weak recital remained;

J. whereas the EU-US Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement, as ratified by the Union and the US Congress, stipulates modalities for gathering and exchanging information, and for requesting and providing assistance in obtaining evidence located in one country to assist in criminal investigations or proceedings in another;

Without prejudice to the provisions on mutual administrative assistance agreements or protocols in customs matters concluded between the Union and third countries, the Commission may negotiate with third countries agreements providing for the mutual recognition of export controls of dual-use items covered by this Regulation, in particular to eliminate authorisation requirements for re-exports within the territory of the Union.

Without prejudice to the provisions on mutual administrative assistance agreements or protocols in customs matters concluded between the Union and third countries, the Commission may negotiate with third countries agreements providing for the mutual recognition of export controls of dual-use items covered by this Regulation, in particular to eliminate authorisation requirements for re-exports within the territory of the Union.