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The Specialised Committee established by Article 8(1)(r) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of 19 June 2023 establishing a standard form for requests for mutual legal assistance.

On 18 April 2023, the CJEU delivered a new judgment in a case C-699/21 where the person requested for surrender suffered from a psychotic disorder, which put him at a significant risk of committing suicide if surrendered and subsequently detained.

On 08 June 2022 the European Commission the Guidelines on Extradition to Third States. They can be found in all languages on the following link EUR-Lex - 52022XC0608(01) - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)

The CJEU delivered a new EAW judgment, interpreting Article 23 of the EAW Framework Decision and the concept of “force majeure” concerning delayed execution of EAW.

On 16 December 2021 the CJEU delivered a judgment in the case C-724/19 providing the interpretation of Article 2 (c)(i), Article 6 and Article 9(1) and (3) the EIO Directive.

On 11 November 2021 the CJEU rendered a judgment in the case C-852/19 which is the second time the court provides the interpretation of the Directive 2014/41/EU on the European Investigation Order (EIO) in the criminal proceedings against Ivan Gavanozov.

Focus: EPPO Now Operational – Perspectives from European Prosecutors

Find below more information and the tables summarising the national measures.

"The principle prohibiting the duplication of proceedings can preclude the arrest, within the Schengen Area and the European Union, of a person who is the subject of an Interpol notice"

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 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.

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.

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

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