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Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

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Article 7U.K.Form and content of the European protection order

The European protection order shall be issued in accordance with the form set out in Annex I to this Directive. It shall, in particular, contain the following information:

(a)

the identity and nationality of the protected person, as well as the identity and nationality of the guardian or representative if the protected person is a minor or is legally incapacitated;

(b)

the date from which the protected person intends to reside or stay in the executing State, and the period or periods of stay, if known;

(c)

the name, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the competent authority of the issuing State;

(d)

identification (for example, through a number and date) of the legal act containing the protection measure on the basis of which the European protection order is issued;

(e)

a summary of the facts and circumstances which have led to the adoption of the protection measure in the issuing State;

(f)

the prohibitions or restrictions imposed, in the protection measure underlying the European protection order, on the person causing danger, their duration and the indication of the penalty, if any, in the event of the breach of any of the prohibitions or restrictions;

(g)

the use of a technical device, if any, that has been provided to the protected person or to the person causing danger as a means of enforcing the protection measure;

(h)

the identity and nationality of the person causing danger, as well as that person’s contact details;

(i)

where such information is known by the competent authority of the issuing State without requiring further inquiry, whether the protected person and/or the person causing danger has been granted free legal aid in the issuing State;

(j)

a description, where appropriate, of other circumstances that could have an influence on the assessment of the danger that confronts the protected person;

(k)

an express indication, where applicable, that a judgment within the meaning of Article 2 of Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA, or a decision on supervision measures within the meaning of Article 4 of Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA, has already been transferred to the State of supervision, when this is different from the State of execution of the European protection order, and the identification of the competent authority of that State for the enforcement of such a judgment or decision.

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