Guidance Booklet on FD2008/947

Abstract

The aim of this booklet is to provide the judiciary (judges and prosecutors) and other interested practitioners (lawyers) with a fast route to the answers for the most pressing questions related to the recognition of judgements and probation decisions and subsequent transfer of the responsibility for the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions. The present booklet sits on the assumption that by providing the judiciary with a compendium of common obstacles and their corresponding possible solutions, the use of the Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions (hereinafter FD 2008/947), will be enhanced.