Fiches Belges

If somebody is suspected of a criminal offence the prosecutor's office and the police may take the measures which are necessary to establish his identity. The suspect may be kept in custody, if the identity cannot be established by other means or only with considerable difficulty. Under the prerequisites of the second sentence, it shall be admissible to search the suspect and the objects found on him as well as to carry out measures for identification purposes. If and so far as this is necessary to clear up a criminal offence, the identity of a person who is not suspected of an offence may also be established.

Directive 2014/41/EU European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, 20.04.1959 Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance between Member States of the European Union, 29.05.2000

Public Prosecutor's Office

Where the request for mutual assistance and the annexed documents are not in the German language they must be accompanied by translations of the request and the supporting documents into the German language unless it has been agreed differently in a bilateral agreement.

Under the European Investigation Order: The decision on the recognition shall be taken within 30 days. The measure shall be carried out within 90 days following the taking of the decision on the recognition. For States not applying the European Investigation Order: No Deadlines.

DNA analysis require a court order.