Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings. Initiative Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Finland and Sweden

This dossier is a directive on the right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings, initiated by a group of Member States. Amendments set common minimum standards from charge to appeal and for the European Arrest Warrant, a right to appeal a finding that interpretation is unnecessary, assistance for persons with hearing or speech impediments, quality control, national registers and training of legal staff, referencing the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Roadmap on Procedural Rights.