“Cross-border evidence in practice”Scandicci, 17-18 November 2015

DRAFT PROGRAM

TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2015

8:15 - Bus departure from GRAND HOTEL MEDITERRANEO (Firenze) to the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (Scandicci)

9:00 - Arrival and registration of participants

9:15 - Opening of the seminar and introduction to the methodology- Raffaele Sabato Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (tbc)- Mónica Martí, European Judicial Training Network

9:30 -Session 1c - Plenary: EU cross-border gathering and use of evidence in criminal matters: current landscape

Els DE BUSSER, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, (Freiburg), Germany

Discussion: questions and comments from participants

10:15 – Session 1a – Break-out in national workshops - Case 1 (in separate rooms)- Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Lithuania

11:15 - Coffee break

11:45 - Session 1b: Break-out in national workshops - Case 2 (in separate rooms)- Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Lithuania

13:00- Lunch

14:15 - Session 2a: Exchange of views in 2 international groups – Case 1 (in separate rooms) Experts-Moderators: Jorge COSTA, Senior Prosecutor (Portugal)Juan Antonio GARCIA JABALOY, Senior Prosecutor at the High National Court (Spain)

EJTN CRIMINAL JUSTICE II

“Cross-border evidence in practice”Scandicci, 17-18 November 2015

15:15-Coffee Break

15:45 - Session 2b: Exchange of views in 2 international groups – Case 2 (in separate rooms with the change of coordinators)

Experts-Moderators: Jorge COSTA, Senior Prosecutor (Portugal)Juan Antonio GARCIA JABALOY, Senior Prosecutor at the High National Court, Madrid (Spain)

16:45 - End of first day and bus departure to GRAND HOTEL MEDITERRANEO

20:00 – Social dinner (tbc)

WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2015

8:30 - Bus departure from GRAND HOTEL MEDITERRANEO to the Scuola Superiore della Magsitratura (Scandicci)

9:15 Arrival and registration of participants

Chair - (tbd)

9:30 – Plenary “The future legal framework of EU cross-border gathering of evidence: which changes with the European Investigation Order?”Els DE BUSSER, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, (Freiburg), Germany

Discussion about the new instrument and its possible impact in national law: questions and comments from participants

10:30 - Coffee Break

10.45 - Session 3: Debriefing in plenary session – “Best practices in cross-border evidence: how to facilitate judicial cooperation for practitioners” Jorge COSTA, Senior Prosecutor (Portugal)Juan Antonio GARCIA JABALOY, Senior Prosecutor at the High National Court, Madrid (Spain)

Programme may be subject to amendment. For programme updates please refer to the EJTN website www.ejtn.eu

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EJTN CRIMINAL JUSTICE II

“Cross-border evidence in practice”Scandicci, 17-18 November 2015

11:45 – Questions and final advices

12:00 – End of the seminar and bus departure to GRAND HOTEL MEDITERRANEO/ Airport (tbc)

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SPEAKERS AND CHAIR PERSONS

Raffaele SABATO, Magistrate, Head of International Relations of the Scuola Superiore della MagistraturaMónica MARTÍ Senior Project Manager, EJTNEls DE BUSSER, Head of Section of European Criminal Law at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, (Freiburg), Germany Jorge COSTA, Senior Prosecutor, Deputy General Inspector at the Inspectorate General for Judicial Services (Portugal)Juan Antonio GARCIA JABALOY, Senior Public Prosecutor at the High National Court, Office of the Prosecutor General, Madrid (Spain). Former Spanish National Member to EUROJUST

With the support of the European Union

Programme may be subject to amendment. For programme updates please refer to the EJTN website www.ejtn.eu

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