Wijziging van het Wetboek van Strafvordering ter implementatie van de richtlijn 2014/41/EU van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 3 april 2014 betreffende het Europees onderzoeksbevel in strafzaken (implementatie richtlijn Europees onderzoeksbevel)

This Dutch bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure (Wetboek van Strafvordering) to transpose EU Directive 2014/41/EU on the European Investigation Order (EIO). The EIO lets a judicial authority in one EU member state ask authorities in another to gather evidence in a criminal case, such as taking statements, searching premises, or obtaining documents, under a single standardised procedure. The bill sets out how Dutch authorities will issue and execute these orders. The changes mainly affect Dutch judicial and investigative authorities, including prosecutors and police, and people subject to criminal investigations in the Netherlands or elsewhere in the EU. It also affects foreign authorities that request evidence from the Netherlands. This summary is based on the procedure metadata only, not the full legislative text.