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On 21 March 2018, the 17th Tool Correspondents meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in The Hague. During this meeting, participants gathered under the Presidency of Bulgaria to discuss the current and future projects foreseen for the update and improvement of the EJN website.

Privacy and Surveillance in a Digital Era: Challenges for Transatlantic Cooperation and European Criminal Law, 17-18 May 2018 - Arts Two Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary, University of London

On 21 st February 2018, the 39 th Regular Meeting of the European Judicial Network took place in The Hague under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

EU funded LIVE_FOR project is pleased to invite you to our two workshops:

During the two Plenary Meetings of 2017 that took place under the Maltese and Estonian Presidencies, practitioners from the European Union (EU) discussed the practical application of Directive 2014/41/EU regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters (“EIO Directive”).

In addition to the general questionnaire on training of justice professionals on EU law launched on Friday 2 February (see below), there is a targeted questionnaire complementing the first one. This targeted questionnaire is intended for specialists of the European judicial training strategy.

On 23 January, Ms Maria João Almeida Gomes representing the EJN Secretariat, attended the 1st EuroMed Forum of Prosecutors General, hosted by the Office of the Spanish Prosecutor General, in Madrid.

The report focuses on the evaluation of OLAF Regulation No. 883/2013.

The deadline for applications is 12 February 2018.

Outcome of the 48th and 49th Plenary Meetings discussions

A Regional meeting of the EJN organised by Slovenia took place in Novi Sad, Serbia in October last year.

The 49th Plenary of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place on 23 - 24 November in Tallinn, Estonia, under the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The EJN Secretariat has published on the EJN website five standardised forms for accompanying the procedure for enforcement of cross-border financial penalties as laid down by Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, agreed within the Working Party on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN) of the Council of the European Union.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (POHCCJ), Bucharest, Romania, is looking to contract 2 experts in international judicial cooperation in criminal matters within the project „Providing specialised training of LEA in the intense use of modern judicial cooperation tools - FIGHTERR”, financed by the European Commission.

On 18th October 2017, the 9th National Correspondents Meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in The Hague under the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Two recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union clarify the interpretation of the concept of trial resulting in the decision