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Directive 2012/13/EU
The EU Council has adopted the directive 2012/13/UE on the right to information in criminal proceedings Member states shall transpose the directive by two years after its publication in the Official Journal.
The main goal of the directive is to ensure that any person who is suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence is provided with information concerning his or her fundamental procedural rights, as well as information on the accusation against him or her - including access to the material of the case.
The text stipulates that suspects or accused persons are provided promptly with information concerning at least the following procedural rights:
the right to access to a lawyer
- any entitlement to legal advice free of charge and the conditions to obtaining it
- the right to be informed of the accusation
- the right to interpretation and translation
- the right to remain silent