Resumen de Implementation Strategies: Distinctive Features, Advances and Shortcomings in the Application of Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA in Italy, Romania and Spain

Cristina Fernández Bessa, Valeria Ferraris, Alexandru Damian

• This chapter addresses the main features of the implementation of cross-border transfer of prisoners in Italy, Romania and Spain. It aims to provide the reader with an in-depth analysis of the major strategies enacted by these Member States to ensure the full ef- fectiveness of FD 2008/909/JHA and the difficulties of putting it into practice. Specifically, it shows the particularities regarding the transposition of the European instrument in each country, on the number of transfers effectively executed and their difficulties to ensure the full effectiveness of the FD under consideration. Based on the desk research and fieldwork developed in the RePers project this study addresses the advances in implementing the FD and identifies the shortcomings of the implementation. To conclude, this study provides use- ful comparative notes and a critical assessment of the main shortcomings of the solutions adopted nationally.