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New 4-year Framework Partnership Agreements with EU-level networks

On 16 March 2016, the 15th Tool Correspondents meeting of the European Judicial Network took place in The Hague.

Adopted during the 12th annual meeting of JIT experts.

More than just legal training

Jurisdiction, preliminary ruling procedure, case law

On 22 February 2017, the 38th Regular meeting of the EJN Contact Points took place in The Hague.

European Investigation Order: status of transposition.

On 25 January 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Case C-640/16 Vilkas, clarifying the meaning of the concept of “force majeure” (“circumstances beyond the control of the Member States concerned”) in the context of the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (“EAW FD”).

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered an important preliminary ruling on data retention in the Joined Cases C-203/15 Tele2 Sverige AB v Post-och telestyrelsen and C-698/15 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Tom Watson and Others.

​The increase in cross-border crime has led over the years to more cases in which multiple Member States have, under their domestic legislation, jurisdiction to prosecute and to take such cases to trial.

The Fourth issue of EUCRIM 2016, dedicated to "Anti-Money Laundering" is now available.

On 11 January 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered its judgment in Case C-289/15 Grundza.

Malta is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first semester of 2017.

The Japanese mission to the European Union provided a Fact-sheet on the practical conduct of mutual legal assistance procedures under the EU-Japan Mutual Legal.

The third issue of EUCRIM 2016, dedicated to ‘The Architecture of European Law Enforcement Cooperation’, is now online.

The meeting gathered more than 130 participants: local authorities from Slovakia, EJN contact points from the EU Member States, candidate, associated and third countries, as well as representatives from Eurojust, the European Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU and partner organisations.