https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/evidence/ Recent content in evidence on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/evidence/eu-evidence-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/evidence/eu-evidence-law/ <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>European Union evidence law has developed primarily in the context of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, grounded in the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions. The Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, placed judicial cooperation in criminal matters on a firm Treaty footing under Article 82 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Article 82(1) TFEU provides that judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the Union shall be based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions and shall include the approximation of laws and regulations of the Member States in specific areas. Article 82(2) expressly empowers the European Parliament and the Council to establish minimum rules concerning the mutual admissibility of evidence between Member States. This framework has produced a corpus of harmonizing directives and framework decisions that establish procedural rights and create mechanisms for the cross-border gathering and transmission of evidence.</p>