Relocated judicial proceedings
Article 1
Open ↗Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: (1) The following Article is inserted: ‘Article 3a Relocated judicial proceedings 1. For the purposes of fulfilling its mandate, including its executive responsibilities, as set out in Article 3(a) and (d), EULEX KOSOVO shall support re-located judicial proceedings within a Member State, in order to prosecute and adjudicate criminal charges arising from the investigation into the allegations raised in a report entitled “Inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo” released on 12 December 2010 by the Special Rapporteur for the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe. 2. The judges and prosecutors responsible for the proceedings shall enjoy full independence and autonomy in the discharge of their duties.’ . (2) In Article 8(2), the following sentence is added: ‘EULEX KOSOVO Judges and Prosecutors shall meet the highest professional qualification necessary for the level or complexity of the matter before them and shall be appointed following an independent selection process.’ . (3) In Article 16(1), the final subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX KOSOVO from 15 October 2014 until 14 June 2015 shall be EUR 55 820 000. The financial reference amount for the subsequent period for EULEX KOSOVO shall be decided by the Council.’ . (4) In Article 18, the following paragraph is added: ‘5. The authorisation given to the High Representative to release to third parties and competent local authorities EU classified information and documents generated for the purposes of EULEX KOSOVO under paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not extend to information gathered or documents generated for the purpose of the judicial proceedings carried out within the framework of EULEX KOSOVO's mandate. This does not prevent the release of non-sensitive information which relates to the administrative organisation or efficiency of the proceedings.’ . (5) In Article 20, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘It shall expire on 14 June 2016. The Council, acting on a proposal from the High Representative, and considering complementary sources of funding as well as contributions from other partners, shall take the necessary decisions in order to ensure that EULEX KOSOVO's mandate in support of the re-located judicial proceedings referred to in Article 3a and the related necessary financial means shall remain in effect until such time as these judicial proceedings have been concluded.’ .