Following the fourth round of inter-institutional 'trialogue' negotiations on the draft regulation providing for a mutual recognition mechanism for decisions to freeze and confiscate assets of criminal origin made by the member states, the reasons for the disagreement between the co-legislators are starting to be clarified (see EUROPE 12030).
It is the wording of the non-recognition and non-execution clause concerning decisions to freeze or confiscate these assets based on failure to respect...