EUROPEAN COOPERATION BETWEEN TAX, CUSTOMS AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES by John A.E. Varvaele (Editor), Andre Klip (Editor), John A.E. Vervaele (Editor) ( 9789041117472 )

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Title:

EUROPEAN COOPERATION BETWEEN TAX, CUSTOMS AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES

By:

John A.E. Varvaele (Editor), Andre Klip (Editor), John A.E. Vervaele (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

9041117474

ISBN 13:

9789041117472

Publisher:

KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL

Pub. date:

1 December, 2001

Series:

European Monographs v. 32

Pages:

312

Synopsis:

The classic distinction in international relations between mutual assistance in criminal matters and mutual administrative assistance has become diffuse. A blurring of transnational policy issues in the struggle against fraud continues to hamper efficient cooperation between states, despite the increasing interaction of national enforcement agencies supported by automated systems and a growing number of supranational institutions with enforcement powers. Particularly among the member states of the European Union, the disparate law of international cooperation needs to be examined and clarified, in terms both of instruments and of legal guarantees. This book offers an English translation, updated to mid-2001, of a Dutch study which appeared earlier that year. The study was originally commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, which recognized that the way to clear standards of cooperation lay through in-depth comparative research into the relevant law, practice, and recent experience of several major national jurisdictions.A five-member research group worked with the help of the Willem Pompe Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, the Foundation for the Promotion of Criminal Law Research, and the Utrecht Faculty of Law's Centre for Enforcement of European Law. In order to focus meaningfully on the theme of combating fraud in its most significant current manifestations, the researchers restricted their study to customs law, fiscal law, and agricultural law in four EC countries. Among the core legal matters investigated are the following: exchange of enforcement data; performance of acts of investigation; the "moment" in each legal system at which it is necessary to switch from administrative assistance to assistance in criminal matters; and the manner in which national systems of evidence deal with evidence from abroad. Based on a close study of legislation and case law in each of the four countries-in addition to numerous personal interviews-the analysis clearly identifies the legal problems, and makes recommendations as to how transnational administrative law and cooperation in criminal matters may be most effectively arranged.

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Kluwer Law International

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Non-returnable

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