SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

European Parliament study on cross-border access to electronic evidence warns against effects on territorial sovereignty

Brussels, 24/09/2018 (Agence Europe)

The system of direct cooperation to obtain electronic evidence, such as proposed by the European Commission (see EUROPE 12003), continues to raise concern.  A study commissioned by the European Parliament's civil liberties committee and published on Friday 21 September warns against the system's harmful effects for member states' territorial sovereignty.

Like the European Parliament's rapporteur Birgit Sippel (S&D, Germany) (see EUROPE  12090) and other stakeholders(see EUROPE 12066,...