The proposal, as formulated by the Council and subsequently amended by the Commission, provides for a convention based on three titles: the first lays down guidelines for ensuring the consistency of procedures and formalities for letters rogatory; the second lists a whole series of specific requests for mutual assistance and defines the formalities and procedures which must be followed in relation to these specific types of mutual assistance; the third and last provides for and codifies the procedures via which telephone conversations conducted by citizens in a State other than the one instigating proceedings can and must be intercepted.
Det første afsnit indeholder nogle angivelser med henblik på en ensretning af procedurerne og formaliteterne i forbindelse med afhøringer. Det andet afsnit omhandler en lang række specifikke anmodninger om retshjælp og nævner de formaliteter og procedurer, der er gældende for disse særlige retshjælpsaktiviteter, og endelig tages der i det tredje afsnit højde for en kodificering af betingelserne for, hvordan telefonaflytning af borgere, der befinder sig i en anden medlemsstat end den, der foretager aflytningen, må og skal foregå.