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Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 on European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal proceedings and for the execution of custodial sentences following criminal proceedings
32023R1543 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

Chapter I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions

Chapter II EUROPEAN PRODUCTION ORDER, EUROPEAN PRESERVATION ORDER AND CERTIFICATES

• Article 4 — Issuing authority
• Article 5 — Conditions for issuing a European Production Order
• Article 6 — Conditions for issuing a European Preservation Order
• Article 7 — Addressees of European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders
• Article 8 — Notification to the enforcing authority
• Article 9 — European Production Order Certificate (EPOC) and European Preservation Order Certificate (EPOC-PR)
• Article 10 — Execution of an EPOC
• Article 11 — Execution of an EPOC-PR
• Article 12 — Grounds for refusal of European Production Orders
• Article 13 — User information and confidentiality
• Article 14 — Reimbursement of costs

Chapter III PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT

• Article 15 — Penalties
• Article 16 — Procedure for enforcement

Chapter IV CONFLICTS OF LAW AND REMEDIES

• Article 17 — Review procedure in the event of conflicting obligations
• Article 18 — Effective remedies

Chapter V DECENTRALISED IT SYSTEM

• Article 19 — Secure digital communication and data exchange between competent authorities and service providers and between competent authorities
• Article 20 — Legal effects of electronic documents
• Article 21 — Electronic signatures and seals
• Article 22 — Reference implementation software
• Article 23 — Costs of the decentralised IT system
• Article 24 — Transition period
• Article 25 — Implementing acts
• Article 26 — Committee procedure

Chapter VI FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 27 — Languages
• Article 28 — Monitoring and reporting
• Article 29 — Amendments to the certificates and the forms
• Article 30 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 31 — Notifications to the Commission
• Article 32 — Relationship to other instruments, agreements and arrangements
• Article 33 — Evaluation
• Article 34 — Entry into force and application