European Parliament
A6-0268/2006
Marek Aleksander Czarnecki (NI ).
– (PL) Mr President, the framework decision that we are debating is particularly important as regards the assimilation and harmonisation of legislation. I agree with the rapporteur that national law should be the only criterion determining whether, and to what extent, legal effects should be attached to previous convictions handed down abroad.
However, we should not forget basic principles such as
ne bis in idem
, the statute of limitations, amnesty or removal of entries from the national criminal register. I therefore think that we should retain Article 4. We should also emphasise that, during the course of criminal proceedings in a Member State, we cannot allow convictions handed down abroad to be taken into account if they relate to acts that are not punishable in the Member State in question.
I agree with the rapporteur that the best place for the provisions contained in Article 6 is in the proposal concerning the Council framework decision on the exchange between the Member States of information pertaining to the criminal register and its contents.

