The joint supervisory body shall first consult the national supervisory body or the competent judicial body in the Member State which was the source of the data.

b the prosecution before an administrative authority or the initiation of prosecution before a judicial body.

On confirmation of that, the decision, which may extend to a refusal to communicate any information, shall be taken by the joint supervisory body in close cooperation with the national supervisory body or competent judicial body.

Should a competent authority or judicial body of a Member State consider that an abuse of a privilege or immunity conferred by this Protocol has occurred, the body responsible for waiving immunity pursuant to paragraph 2 shall, upon request, consult with the appropriate authorities to determine whether any such abuse has occurred.

Such assistance may involve, where appropriate, measures taken by judicial bodies.

(1) A commission or investigator shall cooperate in an investigation with judiciary bodies.

The Director or Management Board, depending on the case, shall approach the judicial body or any other competent body with a view to taking the necessary measures under the national law applicable to the body approached; such measures may either be to adjust the procedures for giving evidence in order to ensure the confidentiality of the information, or, provided that the national law concerned so permits, to refuse to make any communication concerning data insofar as is vital for the protection of the interests of Europol or of a Member State.

Review of the competent authority's or body's decision by a judicial authority shall be possible.

This definition does not include bodies or institutions acting in a judicial or legislative capacity;

Such safeguards shall ensure that measures relating to the exercise of legal capacity respect the rights, will and preferences of the person, are free of conflict of interest and undue influence, are proportional and tailored to the person's circumstances, apply for the shortest time possible and are subject to regular review by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body.

c the term “representative” means a person, such as a lawyer, or a body appointed to act before a judicial authority on behalf of a child;

The EU invites Croatia to enhance the capacity of the State Judicial Council and State Prosecutorial Council to perform their key functions, in particular for the appointment, training, promotion and disciplining of judicial officials, and to ensure sufficient impartiality and accountability of these bodies.

Judicial office is not compatible with office in other state authorities, in local self-government authorities, and in bodies of political parties, and with other offices and activities as provided by law.

(3) At the proposal of the personnel council and by taking into account the years of work experience in administrative or state bodies, the judge of the court from the first paragraph of Article 5 of this Law may, depending on his work results, be promoted to a higher wage class or to the position of a judicial counsellor, irrespective of the criteria used as the foundation for the classification of judges into wage classes or for promotion to the position of judicial counsellor under the Law on the Judicial Service.

An initial right of appeal without penalty may be to an authority within the customs administration or to an independent body, but the legislation of each Member shall provide for the right of appeal without penalty to a judicial authority.

Croatia takes steps to ensure a tangible improvement in the level of employment of national minorities in state administration bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government, in the police and in the judiciary, and establishes an effective system of statistical monitoring, including through the adoption, implementation and monitoring of employment plans in all relevant bodies;

Should the court establish, during the course of proceedings, that not a court but a different government body has power to decide upon the dispute, it shall declare the lack of judicial jurisdiction, set aside the executed procedural acts, and reject the action.

Irrespective of the provisions on protection of personal and other data, government bodies, local government bodies, other statutory authorities as well as any other person or organisation possessing the data requisite for judicial determination of the dispute shall have the duty upon a court order to provide such data free of charge.

States Parties shall consider concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements whereby, in relation to matters that are the subject of investigations, prosecutions or judicial proceedings in one or more States, the competent authorities concerned may establish joint investigative bodies.

The provisions of Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall not prevent any Contracting Party, or any body authorised by a Contracting Party, acting at the request of EUROCONTROL, from proceeding with the recovery of the amount due by the detention and sale of aircraft in accordance with the administrative or judicial procedure of the relevant Contracting Party.

The object of the present Convention is, in the best interests of children, to promote their rights, to grant them procedural rights and to facilitate the exercise of these rights by ensuring that children are, themselves or through other persons or bodies, informed and allowed to participate in proceedings affecting them before a judicial authority.

Subject to Article 9, the child shall have the right to apply, in person or through other persons or bodies, for a special representative in proceedings before a judicial authority affecting the child where internal law precludes the holders of parental responsibilities from representing the child as a result of a conflict of interest with the latter.

Any citizen of the Union and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State has the right to refer to the European Ombudsman cases of maladministration in the activities of the institutions, bodies, offices or agencies of the Union, with the exception of the Court of Justice of the European Union acting in its judicial role.

Croatia reforms and strengthens the State Judicial Council and State Prosecutorial Council (including through the election by peers of professional members) so that these bodies perform professionally, impartially and without political or other interference their key functions, in particular in the appointment, career management and disciplining of judges and prosecutors.

In accordance with Articles I-10(2)(d) and I-49, he or she shall be empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of the Union or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of the Union's institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, with the exception of the Court of Justice of the European Union acting in its judicial role.

(2) When competent official bodies of the state from which foreign citizens come do not issue documents cited in the previous paragraph, such documents shall be replaced by a statement on oath - or in states in which there is no provision for a statement on oath, a solemn declaration - which the person concerned shall give before a competent judicial or administrative body or, if this is appropriate, before a notary or qualified professional body of the state from which the person comes.

If, in the case of certain data, the communicating Member State or the communicating third State or third body as referred to in Article 10 (4) stipulates particular restrictions on use to which such data is subject in that Member State or by third parties, such restrictions shall also be complied with by the user of the data except in the specific case where national law lays down that the restrictions on use be waived for judicial authorities, legislative bodies or any other independent body set up under the law and made responsible for supervising the national competent authorities within the meaning of Article 2 (4).

Member States may revoke, end or refuse to renew the status granted to a refugee by a governmental, administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial body, when:

Concerning applications for international protection filed after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall revoke, end or refuse to renew the refugee status of a third country national or a stateless person granted by a governmental, administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial body, if he or she has ceased to be a refugee in accordance with Article 11.

Member States may revoke, end or refuse to renew the subsidiary protection status of a third country national or a stateless person granted by a governmental, administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial body, if after having been granted subsidiary protection status, he or she should have been excluded from being eligible for subsidiary protection in accordance with Article 17(3).

Concerning applications for international protection filed after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall revoke, end or refuse to renew the subsidiary protection status of a third country national or a stateless person granted by a governmental, administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial body, if he or she has ceased to be eligible for subsidiary protection in accordance with Article 16.

Judicial office is not compatible with office in other state bodies, in local self-government bodies and in bodies of political parties, and with other offices and activities as provided by law.

Where the appeal body referred to in paragraph 1 is not judicial in character, written reasons for its decision shall always be given.

Judicial protection of the rights and legal interests of citizens and organisations is guaranteedagainst decisions and actions of administrative bodies and bearers of public authority.

the Treaty between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on Legal Aid provided by Judicial Bodies and on Settlements of Certain Legal Relations in Civil and Criminal Matters, signed at Prague on 29 October 1992,

THERE SHALL ALSO BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG THE JUDICIAL AND QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES , INCLUDING THOSE COMPETENT TO APPLY THE RULES ON COMPETITION , ALREADY EXISTING OR YET TO BE SET UP PURSUANT TO THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , OR TO CONVENTIONS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMUNITIES , WHETHER BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OR WITH THIRD COUNTRIES.

The European Parliament shall appoint an Ombudsman empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of the Union or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of the Community institutions or bodies, with the exception of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance acting in their judicial role.

Where the competent body before which the action has been brought in accordance with paragraph 1 is a judicial or administrative tribunal, the decision of that tribunal, in so far as it is favourable to the applicant authority and permits recovery of the claim in the Member State in which the applicant authority is situated shall constitute the "instrument permitting enforcement" within the meaning of Articles 6, 7 and 8 and the recovery of the claim shall proceed on the basis of that decision.

Without prejudice to cases covered by criminal law, the competent authorities, bodies or natural or legal persons other than competent authorities which receive confidential information pursuant to this Directive may use it only in the performance of their duties and for the exercise of their functions, in the case of the competent authorities, within the scope of this Directive or, in the case of other authorities, bodies or natural or legal persons, for the purpose for which such information was provided to them and/or in the context of administrative or judicial proceedings specifically related to the exercise of those functions.

Without prejudice to the Decision of 8 April 1965 and the provisions and possibilities contained therein regarding the seats of institutions, bodies and departments to be set up, the Luxembourg Government undertakes not to claim the seat of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs), which will remain in Alicante, even if those Boards were to become judicial panels within the meaning of Article 220 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Where the country in question does not issue such documents or certificates, or where these do not cover all the cases specified in paragraphs 1 and 2(a), (b) and (c), they may be replaced by a declaration on oath or, in Member States where there is no provision for declarations on oath, by a solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin or in the country whence that person comes.

However, if the information is originally regarded as secret in the transmitting state it shall be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) involved in the assessment or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, the taxes which are the subject of the Convention, such persons or authorities shall use the information only for such purposes but may disclose the information in public court proceedings or in judicial decisions.

The joint supervisory body shall first consult the national supervisory body or the competent judicial body m the Member State which was the source of the data.

The Director or Management Board, depending on the case, shall approach the judicial body or any other competent body with a view to taking the necessary measures under the national law applicable to the body approached;

'court' shall mean the judicial body or any other competent body of a Member State empowered to open insolvency proceedings or to take decisions in the course of such proceedings;