The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE V - AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE#CHAPTER 4 - JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS#Article 82 (ex Article 31 TEU)

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/79 Article 82 (ex Article 31 TEU) 1. Judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the Union shall be based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions and shall include the approximation of the laws and regulations of the Member States in the areas referred to in paragraph 2 and in Article 83.