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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9446
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council

EU agrees to put national criminal records on network

Brussels, 14/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, EU member states agreed to put their criminal records on an electronic network, thus, in the future, granting judges much quicker access to defendants' previous convictions in other member states. Requests from judges for information should receive a response by email within ten days, when, currently, it can take up to six months, said German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries in Luxembourg. The adoption of this text is a first step towards...

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