Brussels, 13/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The decision of the Council on the EU on the exchange of information taken from criminal records entered into force on 9 December. This decision adds to and facilitates existing mechanisms to transmit information referring to sentences, based on such instruments as the European Convention on judicial assistance in criminal matters of 1959 and on the 2000 Convention on judicial assistance in criminal matters between the Member States. Each Member State...