REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings

Table of Contents

• 1. INTRODUCTION 3
• 2. GENERAL ASSESSMENT 4
• 3. SPECIFIC POINTS OF ASSESSMENT 7
• 3.1. Scope (Article 2) and European Arrest Warrant proceedings (Article 17) 7
• 3.2. Definitions (Article 3) 8
• 3.3. Right to information (Article 4) 8
• 3.4. Right of the child to have the holder of parental responsibility informed (Article 5) 9
• 3.5. Assistance by a lawyer (Article 6) 10
• 3.6. Right to an individual assessment (Article 7) 12
• 3.7. Right to a medical examination (Article 8) 14
• 3.8. Audiovisual recording of questioning (Article 9) 15
• 3.9. Limitation to deprivation of liberty (Article 10) 15
• 3.10. Alternative measures (Article 11) 16
• 3.11. Specific treatment in the case of deprivation of liberty (Article 12) 16
• 3.12. Timely and diligent treatment of cases (Article 13) 17
• 3.13. Right to protection of privacy (Article 14) 18
• 3.14. Right of the child to be accompanied by the holder of parental responsibility during the proceedings (Article 15) 19
• 3.15. Right of children to appear in person at, and participate in, their trial (Article 16) 19
• 3.16. Right to legal aid (Article 18) 20
• 3.17. Remedies (Article 19) 21
• 3.18. Training (Article 20) 21
• 3.19. Data Collection (Article 21) 22
• 3.20. Costs (Article 22) 23
• 3.21. Transposition (Article 24) 23
• 4. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 6 OF THE DIRECTIVE 24
• 5. CONCLUSION 26