European Protection Order Directive 2011/99/EU : European implementation assessment

This European implementation assessment examines the implementation of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order (EPO), a mechanism for the mutual recognition of protection measures of victims of crime, which had to be transposed into the national legislation of the Member States by 11 January 2015. The assessment analyses the practices of the Member States, identifies a number of issues that help to explain why there has been very limited use of the EPO to date, and offers recommendations on how the implementation of the EPO directive might be improved.