Facts
On 27 September 2002, an investigating judge in Brussels sent a request for judicial assistance to the Office of the Attorney General of the Confederation (OAG) in the context of an investigation for money laundering targeting, in particular, K., a Burundian national domiciled in Belgium. On 25 November 2002, the OAG spontaneously transmitted to the investigating judge in Brussels a summary table containing detailed information on the bank accounts held in Switzerland by V., a Belgian citizen suspected of being involved in this case. V. contested this spontaneous transmission, arguing that it constituted means of proof and not simple information.Considerations
The DFC partially admitted V.'s appeal. It considered that the spontaneous transmission carried out by the OAG constituted an act of execution of the request for judicial assistance and should therefore be the subject of a formal closing decision, in accordance with Art. 67a IMAC. The Court also noted that the spontaneous transmission could only cover simple information and not means of proof, which was the case of the transmitted summary table.
However, the Court considered that it was not necessary to order the restitution of the table,…