This Annex provides an overview of administrative and criminal proceedings initiated by EU Member States against search and rescue (SAR) assets—vessels or reconnaissance aircraft—and/or their crew. It starts with procedures initiated in Italy, followed by Germany, Malta, the Netherlands, and Spain. It lists ongoing as well as closed proceedings known to FRA.
The Annex reflects information from 2017 until 31 May 2024. The legal proceedings are listed in inverted chronological order, based on the date each proceeding was initiated.
Start date: March 2024Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: February 2023Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: July 2021Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: March 2018Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: January 2024Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: October 2023Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: August 2023Status: Procedure pending Key steps:
Start date: April 2021Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: August 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: March 2018Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: February 2024Status: Ongoing proceeding, vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: December 2023Status: Procedure ongoingKey steps:
Start date: November 2023Status: Procedure ongoingKey steps:
Start date: July 2023Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: January 2022Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: July 2020Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: January 2023Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: May 2020Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: June 2018Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: March 2023Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: March 2021Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: September 2020Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: June 2020Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: May 2019Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: March 2019Status: Acquittal Key steps:
Start date: April 2024Status: Procedure pending Key steps:
Start date: December 2021Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: November 2020Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: September 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: May 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: March 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: March 2024Status: Procedure pending Key steps:
Start date: June 2023Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: June 2021Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: June 2023Status: Procedure pending Key steps:
Start date: March 2024Status: Procedure pending, vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: September 2020Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: June 2019Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: September 2022Status: Vessel demolished and recycledKey steps:
Start date: March 2021Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: June 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: December 2023Status: Procedure pending Key steps:
Start date: July 2018Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: August 2017Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: October 2020Status: Procedure pending, vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: August 2017Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: October 2017Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: November 2018Status: Procedure pendingKey steps:
Start date: September 2020Status: Aircraft releasedKey steps:
Start date: July 2019Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: September 2019Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: November 2018Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: May 2017Status: AcquittalKey steps:
Start date: January 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: October 2020Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: April 2019Status: Vessel releasedKey steps:
Start date: June 2018Status: Vessel confiscated Key steps:
Start date: July 2018Status: Vessel releasedKey steps: