# Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and right to communicate upon arrest

European Parliament procedure 2011/0154(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 164 committee amendments tabled by 23 Members between 2011-11-17 and 2012-03-22.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the right of access to a lawyer in criminal and European arrest warrant proceedings and the right to communicate upon arrest. The amendments define 'lawyer' and 'child', set out the lawyer's presence at police interviews and hearings, limit derogations in line with European Court of Human Rights case law, address vulnerable suspects and legal aid, and exclude evidence obtained in breach of the right.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen ROMERO LÓPEZ | Spain | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96990.md |
| Birgit SIPPEL | Germany | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96932.md |
| Jan Philipp ALBRECHT | Germany | Verts/ALE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96736.md |
| Axel VOSS | Germany | PPE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96761.md |
| Anna HEDH | Sweden | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28131.md |
| Rainer WIELAND | Germany | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2323.md |
| Rolandas PAKSAS | Lithuania | EFDD | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96694.md |
| Jan MULDER | Netherlands | ALDE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1965.md |
| Wim van de CAMP | Netherlands | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96754.md |
| Stanimir ILCHEV | Bulgaria | ALDE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34235.md |
| Hubert PIRKER | Austria | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2307.md |
| Baroness Sarah LUDFORD | United Kingdom | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4529.md |
| Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI | Poland | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111126.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96780.md |

## Official source documents

- PE475.965: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-475.965+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE486.050: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-486.050+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0154-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0154-COD.json

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