The rights will apply to any person suspected of having committed a criminal offence (“a suspected person”) from the time when he is informed by the competent authorities of a Member State that he is suspected of having committed a criminal offence until finally judged .
Tiesības jebkurai aizdomās turamajai personai, kura ir izdarījusi kriminālnoziegumu (“aizdomās turamā personā”) tiks izmantotas no tā laika, kad to informē kompetentas dalībvalsts iestādes par to, ka tā ir aizdomās turamā persona nozieguma izdarīšanā līdz galīgajam spriedumam .