Evidence Exchange under the EIO: Technological Challenges

he European Investigation Order instrument offers a legal basis for exchanging evidence, in a digital manner, between competent authorities in different Member States of the European Union. The European directive explic- itly sets out that the transfer of the evidence obtained by the executing authority shall be transferred to the issuing authority, without undue delay. The article illustrates how this goal can be accomplished using standards for the represen- tation and the exchange of the Evidence in a cross-border scenario, having at disposal a secure platform for guaranteeing the confidentiality and the integrity of its content during the transfer.