#52026DC0156Report on the Application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 about Cross-Border Freezing and Confiscation Orders
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This law ensures that EU countries recognize each other's requests to freeze and confiscate criminal assets across borders, making it easier to combat organized crime by quickly seizing illicit profits. For businesses and financial professionals, this means increased vigilance against potential asset seizures and compliance with legal requests from other EU states. Countries must handle these orders with efficiency and comply with timeframes, but varying national responses can complicate processes.
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Key Changes
- Facilitates mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders across EU countries.
- Establishes timeframes for executing these orders to ensure efficiency.
- Requires ongoing communication between countries to manage orders effectively.
Obligations
What this law requires
Member States must recognize freezing orders and confiscation orders issued by other Member States without further formalities and execute those orders within their territories
Member States must collect and regularly send statistical data to the Commission each year including: number of freezing/confiscation orders received that were recognized and executed, number of orders refused, cases where victims were compensated or granted restitution, and average execution periods
Competent authorities must comply with established timeframes when responding to and executing freezing and confiscation orders as specified in Articles 9 and 20
Member States must communicate decisions on freezing and confiscation orders to competent authorities and affected persons in accordance with Articles 25 and 32
Member States must ensure that rights of persons affected by recognition of freezing and confiscation orders are upheld in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and EU procedural rights acquis