“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
Magistratura
Mónica MARTÍ Senior Project Manager, EJTN
Els 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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