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EuroPris May 2016 Newsletter

On 7-9 June 2016 the 46th Plenary of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in Amsterdam and The Hague under the Netherlands EU Presidency. The meeting gathered more than 130 participants: EJN contact points from the EU Member States, EU associated and candidate countries, as well as representatives from Eurojust, the European Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, and partner organisations.

On 1 June 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in Case C 241/15 “Bob-Dogi”, which clarified interesting legal aspects on the need for the existence of a national arrest warrant issued prior to and separately from the European arrest warrant.

On 24 May 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in case C-108/16 PPU “ Paweł Dworzecki”.

EuroPris March 2016 Newsletter

Assistance in International Cooperation in Criminal Matters for Practitioners

On 5 April 2016, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered an important judgment in the Joint Cases C-404/15 Aranyosi and C-659/15PPU Căldăraru.

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

In November 2015, the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the Operation of the European Conventions on Co-operation in Criminal matters (PC-OC) has adopted a Model Request Form for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters (MLA) and Guidelines to this form.

The award decision on the financial assistance from the EJN budget for the organisation of EJN Regional and National meetings in 2016 has been signed.

Trier, 19-20 May 2016 / State of play in relation to Directive 2014/42/EU on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU since transposition

New Guidelines on EJN structure and on EJN meetings

Council Framework Decision 2008/978/JHA on the European evidence warrant (EEW) has been repealed by Regulation 2016/95.

The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) will continue in 2016 its seminars "EAW and MLA simulations".

A Cybercrime Mock Trial will be organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA), in Trier, on 25-26 April 2016.