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On 15th April 2021, the 20th Tool Correspondents meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN), took place online, under the Portuguese Presidency of the EJN.

In 2020, the EJN performed an EJN Peer Evaluation exercise with the active participation of the EJN Contact Points. The objective of the assessment was to evaluate the functioning of the Network with a special focus on its operational functions and support to judicial cooperation.

This March, the opinion of Advocate General (AG) has been issued in two cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that relate to the instruments of the judicial cooperation in the criminal matters within the EU.

On March 18 th 2021 the EJN held the 42 nd EJN Regular meeting under the Portuguese Presidency

On 10 March 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgment in case C‑648/20 in a preliminary ruling procedure.

The EUCRIM 2020/3 report is now available.

The latest edition of the ECLAN Newsletter is now available

On 14 January 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgment in the case C‑393/19 ruling that a national law which permits the confiscation of an instrumentality used to commit an aggravated smuggling offence, where it belongs to a third party acting in good faith, is contrary to EU law.

The CRIMJUST Global program "Strengthening Criminal Investigation and criminal justice cooperation along drug trafficking routes" is implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Judicial cooperation as per 1 January 2021

On 1 December 2020 the Council of the EU adopted Council Conclusions: “The European arrest warrant and extradition procedures - current challenges and the way forward”

As of 19 December 2020, the new Regulation 2018/1805 on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders applies.