The draft Directive is available in English at:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/criminal/procedural/docs/com_2011_326_en.pdf
The European Commission Impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the rights of access to a lawyer and of notification of custody to a third person in criminal proceedings is now available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SEC:2011:0686:FIN:EN:PDF
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest - Note by Belgium / France / Ireland / the Netherlands / the United Kingdom
Please click here to access the note.
For the document regarding the state of play on Measure C from 21 October 2011 (2011/0154 (COD)) please click here.
For the revised text from 9 March 2012 click here.
