# Council Decision of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of the General Programme on Fundamental Rights and Justice, the Specific Programme ‘Criminal Justice’ (2007/126/JHA), Article 3: Specific objectives

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Programme shall have the following specific objectives:
(a) to foster judicial cooperation in criminal matters aiming at:
(i) promoting mutual recognition of judicial decisions and judgments;
(ii) eliminating obstacles created by disparities between the judicial systems of Member States and promoting the necessary approximation of substantive criminal law concerning serious crime, in particular with cross border dimension;
(iii) further enhancing the establishment of minimum standards concerning aspects of procedural criminal law with the view to promoting the practical aspects of judicial cooperation;
(iv) guaranteeing a proper administration of justice by avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction;
(v) improving the exchange of information, through the use of computerised systems, in particular information extracted from national criminal records;
(vi) promoting rights of the accused as well as social and legal assistance to victims;
(vii) encouraging Member States to step up cooperation with Eurojust in combating of cross-border organised and other serious crime;
(viii) promoting measures aiming at effective re-socialisation of offenders, in particular of juvenile offenders;
(b) to improve mutual knowledge of Member States' legal and judicial systems in criminal matters and to promote and strengthen networking, mutual cooperation, exchange and dissemination of information, experience and best practices;
(c) to ensure the sound implementation, the correct and concrete application and the evaluation of Union instruments in the areas of judicial cooperation in criminal matters;
(d) to improve information on legal systems in the Member States and access to justice;
(e) to promote training in Union and Community law for the judiciary, lawyers and other professionals involved in the work of the judiciary;
(f) to evaluate the general conditions necessary to develop mutual confidence by improving mutual understanding between judicial authorities and different legal systems, in particular regarding the implementation of EU policies in the field of justice;
(g) to develop and implement a computerised system of exchange of information on criminal records and to support studies to develop other types of exchange of information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/126/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-126/article-3
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