53Thus, that division of competences between the issuing authority and the executing authority is an essential element of the mutual trust which must govern the exchanges between the Member States participating in a European investigation procedure as provided for by Directive 2014/41. If the executing authority were able, by means of a recognition decision, to remedy non-compliance with the conditions for issuing an EIO, laid down in Article 6(1) of that directive, the balance of the EIO system based on mutual trust would be called into question, since that would amount to giving the executing authority the power to review the substantive conditions for issuing such an EIO.
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