S.L. 9.20 Art. 3Duty to contact.

(1) These regulations make provision for:

(a) the procedure for establishing contact between the competent authorities of Member States, with a view to confirming the existence of parallel criminal proceedings in respect of the same facts involving the same person;

(b) the exchange of information, through direct consultations, between the competent authorities of two or more Member States conducting parallel criminal proceedings in respect of the same facts involving the same person, in case they already have knowledge of the existence of parallel criminal proceedings, with a view to reaching consensus on any effective solution aimed at avoiding the adverse consequences arising from such parallel proceedings, and shall apply to proceedings initiated after the 15th June 2012.

(2) All communications shall be made by any means capable of producing a written record.