CHAPTER 4

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Remedies
Article 10
1
Member States shall ensure that suspects and accused persons have an effective remedy if their rights under this Directive are breached.
2
Without prejudice to national rules and systems on the admissibility of evidence, Member States shall ensure that, in the assessment of statements made by suspects or accused persons or of evidence obtained in breach of the right to remain silent or the right not to incriminate oneself, the rights of the defence and the fairness of the proceedings are respected.

Data collection
Article 11
Member States shall, by 1 April 2020 and every three years thereafter, send to the Commission available data showing how the rights laid down in this Directive have been implemented.

Report
Article 12
The Commission shall, by 1 April 2021, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Directive.

Non-regression
Article 13
Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as limiting or derogating from any of the rights and procedural safeguards that are ensured under the Charter, the ECHR, or other relevant provisions of international law or the law of any Member State which provides a higher level of protection.

Transposition
Article 14
1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 April 2018. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Entry into force
Article 15
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Addressees
Article 16
This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.