EU justice ministers, including Slovenia's Lovro Sturm, agreed in Brussels on Wednesday on procedures to prepare and exchange criminal records in what the minister termed an important step forward. Opposition by six countries meanwhile prevented an agreement on common minimum rights of suspects.
The deal on criminal records is a "step towards improving the exchange of data on criminal convictions of EU citizens," Sturm said and added that Slovenia now had to embark on a comprehensive overhaul of its criminal records and then open them for other countries.
The decision sets down rules for exchange of data on criminal convictions, provisions on storing such information and on transferring it to other EU members, based on request, he added.
The deal on minimal rights was meanwhile opposed by the UK, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, who wanted to keep criminal legislation under national control. The deal requires unanimous support of all EU members and should guarantee equal rights to suspects throughout the EU.
The ministers also said that monitoring of violent video and computer games should continue and agreed on the key elements of a framework decision on suspended sentences and alternative sanctions.
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