Content and form of the EIO
Article 5
1. The EIO in the form set out in Annex A shall be completed, signed, and its content certified as accurate and correct by the issuing authority. The EIO shall, in particular, contain the following information: (a) data about the issuing authority and, where applicable, the validating authority; (b) the object of and reasons for the EIO; (c) the necessary information available on the person(s) concerned; (d) a description of the criminal act, which is the subject of the investigation or proceedings, and the applicable provisions of the criminal law of the issuing State; (e) a description of the investigative measures(s) requested and the evidence to be obtained. 2. Each Member State shall indicate the language(s) which, among the official languages of the institutions of the Union and in addition to the official language(s) of the Member State concerned, may be used for completing or translating the EIO when the Member State concerned is the executing State. 3. The competent authority of the issuing State shall translate the EIO set out in Annex A into an official language of the executing State or any other language indicated by the executing State in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.