CHAPTER II
RESPONSIBLE BODIES FOR WITNESS PROTECTION AND COLLABORATORS OF JUSTICE
Article 6
1. For evaluating the proposals and approving the special measures of protection program, amending, revoking or terminating them, the Commission of Evaluation of Special Measures of Witness Protection and Justice Collaborators is established.
2. The Commission of Evaluation of Special Measures of Witness Protection and Justice Collaborators is headed by the Deputy Minister of Public Order, and is composed of:
a) a judge deputy chairman;
b) a prosecutor member;
c) an officer of the judicial police member
3. The High Council of Justice, General Prosecutor and General Director of State Police, each appoint respectively one of the members for the composition of this Commission. They are convened in the meetings of the Commission by the chairman of the Commission.
High Council of Justice, the General Prosecutor and the Director of State Police appoint respectively another alternative member, which will attend the meetings of the Commission when the respective members of the commission appointed in compliance with the above paragraph of this article are absent.
4. The judges, prosecutors and officers of the judicial police appointed as members of the Commission on Evaluation of Special Measures of Witness Protection and Justice Collaborators, should be reliable and have a pure moral character, should have experience and special professional skills in the criminal field in general and in serious and organized crime in particular.
5. The members of the Commission are appointed for a term of three years and may be re¬appointed. The mandate may end earlier in these cases:
a) when the member does not hold anymore the position in the institution from where he/she was appointed;
b) upon his/her request, presenting the reasons for the request;
c) when the member violates the legal provisions of this law and the rules of functioning of the
Commission.
6. The decision on the end of mandate of the member of the commission, in the case of letter "a", of point 5 of this law, is taken and made known by the competent body for their nomination, whereas in the cases of letters "b" and "c", respectively, upon the request of the member himself or the commission.
7. The judges, prosecutors and officers of the judicial police that are members of the commission, cannot take part in discussion and decision-taking, when they are informed that the proposal for special measures of protection has to do with criminal procedures or activities that are investigated or tried by them. The above mentioned ban is also valid for cases where there are conflicts of interests or doubts for a bias position as provided in the Code of the Criminal Procedure and in other legal provisions in force.
8. The detailed rules on the criteria and procedures for convening and participating in the meetings of the commission, the workload, absences, obstacles, and non-feasibility of assigning and performing this assignment are to be defined in common instructions of the General Prosecutor, Minister of Public Order and Minister of Justice.
Competent national authority
Competent national judicial authority
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