S.L. 9.25 Art. 36Relations to other legal instruments, agreements and arrangements.      S.L. 9.13.         S.L. 9.13.

(1) Without prejudice to their application between

Member States and third States and their temporary application by virtue of regulation 38, these regulations replace, as from 22 May 2017, the corresponding provisions of the following conventions applicable between the Member States bound by these regulations:

(a) European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of the Council of Europe of 20 April 1959, as well as its two additional protocols, and the bilateral agreements concluded pursuant to Article 26 thereof;

(b) Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement;

(c) Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union and its protocol.

(2) The application of the Framework Decision 2008/978/

JHA is hereby replaced in respect of the Member States bound by the

European Investigative Order transposed through these regulations.

These regulations replace the Freezing Orders (Execution in the

European Union) Regulations with regard to Member States bound by Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.

With regard to Member States bound by Directive 2014/

41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the

European Investigation Order in criminal matters, references to

Framework Decision 2008/978/JHA and, as regards freezing of evidence, to the Freezing Orders (Execution in the European Union)

Regulations, shall be construed as references to these regulations.