Statement of facts underlying the request

Republic of Austria

Austria - Extradition and Mutual Assistance (EN/DE) 1979 (2020)

TITLE IV
Judicial Assistance to Foreign Countries

CHAPTER TWO
Competences and Procedure

Form and Content of a Request for Judicial Assistance
ยง 56. (1) Judicial assistance may only be provided if it is possible to gather from the request the facts and the classification of the punishable act underlying the request. A reference to the criminal-law stipulations applicable or applied in the requesting State shall suffice in the case of requests for the service of documents.

(2) A request for ordering and performing one of the investigative measures governed by Chapter One to Chapter Eight of Title 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall comprise a copy, a certified copy or a photostat copy of the order of the competent authority. If this is not a court order, the authority requesting judicial assistance shall present a statement explaining that the prerequisites required for
such measures are met under the law applicable in the requesting State.

Rome Statute

Article 96 Contents of request for other forms of assistance under article 93

2. The request shall, as applicable, contain or be supported by the following:

(c) A concise statement of the essential facts underlying the request;