requesting authority

Directive 2010/78/EU amending Directives 98/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) and the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) | Omnibus I Directive

criminal justice authority | law enforcement authority | authority for the administration of criminal justice

Supervisory Board for Debt Collection and Bankruptcy

authority | regulatory authority

Hospital admission, by legal authority (commitment)

Natural death reportable to medicolegal authority

Any execution performed at the behest of the judiciary or ruling authority [whether permanent or temporary], such as:asphyxiation by gas | beheading, decapitation (by guillotine) | capital punishment | electrocution | hanging | poisoning | shooting

In interpreting the words ‘enforcement measures’ in Article 12(3) of Directive 76/308, which is now reflected in Article 14(2) of Directive 2010/24, the Court noted that, pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 76/308, now reflected in Article 8 of Directive 2010/24, the first stage of enforcement in the context of mutual assistance is notification to the addressee by the requested authority of all instruments and decisions which emanate from the Member State in which the applicant authority is situated and which relate to a claim and/or to its recovery, the notification having to be carried out on the basis of the information supplied by the ...[+++] applicant authority It followed that notification constitutes one of the enforcement measures referred to in Article 12(3) of Directive 76/308 and that, therefore, in accordance with that provision, it is before the competent body of the Member State in which the requested authority is situated that any action challenging that notification is to be brought

As noted above, the Court held in Kyrian that‘the first stage’ of enforcement in the context of mutual assistance is, notification to the addressee by the requested authority of all instruments and decisions which emanate from the Member State in which the applicant authority is situated and which relate to a claim and/or its recovery, the notification having to be carried out on the basis of information supplied by the applicant authority As will be illustrated below, the same must necessarily apply when a Member States attempts to notify a claim without the assistance of a requested authority, as is the case in the main proceedings.

1. By agreement between the requesting authority and the requested authority and in accordance with the arrangements laid down by the latter, officials authorised by the requesting authority may be present in the offices of the administrative authorities of the requested Member State, or any other place where those authorities carry out their duties, with a view to exchanging the information necessary to ensure the correct application of legislation on excise duties.

In nearly 50% of these cases, the requesting authority received a reply within a week.