EU-Japan Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
Abstract
The European Union and Japan have concluded an Agreement providing for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between Japan and the twenty-seven EU Member States. It went into force on 2 January 2011; its official languages are English and Japanese.
Hereafter, we present to our readers both a press release of the Council of the European Union of 18 October 2010 (A) and the main text of the Agreement (B; the three appendices are not reprinted), which was published in English language in the Official Journal of the European Union, 12.2.2010, L 39/20-35.
(The Editors)