1. The Commission shall establish a cooperation network on asset recovery and confiscation to facilitate cooperation among asset recovery offices and asset management offices and with Europol in relation to the implementation of this Directive, and to advise the Commission and enable the exchange of best practices in relation to the implementation of this Directive.
2. The Commission may invite representatives from Eurojust, the EPPO and, where appropriate, the Anti-Money Laundering Authority to participate in meetings of the network referred to in paragraph 1.
1. Asset recovery offices of Member States shall, within their respective competences and in accordance with the applicable legal framework, closely cooperate with the EPPO for the purposes of facilitating the identification of instrumentalities, proceeds or property that is or might become the object of a freezing or confiscation order in proceedings in criminal matters, concerning criminal offences falling within the competence of the EPPO.
2. Asset recovery offices and asset management offices shall cooperate with Europol and Eurojust, in accordance with their areas of competence, for the purposes of facilitating the identification of instrumentalities, proceeds or property that is or might become the object of a freezing or confiscation order issued by a competent authority in the course of proceedings in criminal matters, to facilitate the management of frozen and confiscated assets.
1. Member States shall ensure that asset recovery offices cooperate, within the international legal framework, with their counterparts in third countries to the greatest extent possible, and subject to the applicable legal framework on data protection, for the purposes of performing the tasks pursuant to Article 5.
2. Member States shall ensure that asset management offices cooperate, within the international legal framework, with their counterparts in third countries to the greatest extent possible, and subject to the applicable legal framework on data protection, for the purposes of performing the tasks pursuant to Article 22.
