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The EU is introducing new rules to improve the way member states exchange information on convictions of third country nationals. Council and Parliament negotiators today agreed on a reformed European criminal records information system ,ECRIS, that will now include a centralised database with information on convictions of third country nationals and stateless persons ,so-called ECRIS-TCN. This provisional political agreement will now have to be confirmed by the two institutions.

A comparative analysis of their differences and impact on the development of EU legislation

On 25 July 2018 the CJEU released two judgments concerning the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).

(Conditions of detention in Hungary)

On 20 June 2018, the Council, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament, agreed on new rules concerning the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders. The new regulation aims to ensure the effective freezing and confiscation of criminal assets across the EU. This will contribute to making the EU more secure by combating the financing of crime, including terrorist activities.

On 10 April 2018 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-191/16 Pisciotti.

On 23 May 2018, representatives of the Council and the Parliament agreed on a new regulation on the handling of personal data by EU institutions and other EU bodies. The new rules are aligned with the general data protection regulation (GDPR) which enters into force on 25 May 2018.

On 20 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Grand Chamber, issued three judgments concerning the principle of ne bis in idem in criminal matters and, in particular the relation between administrative sanctions and criminal sanctions.

To make it easier and faster for law enforcement and judicial authorities to obtain the electronic evidence they need to investigate and eventually prosecute criminals and terrorists, the Commission proposed on 17 April 2018 new rules in the form of a Regulation and a Directive

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

A new handbook on How to Issue and Execute a European Arrest Warrant has been released by the European Commission.

- Regional Meeting, Paris, 22 September 2017

The CJEU clarified the margin of discretion that Member States have in transposing the provisions of Article 4(6) of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States

The Directive 2014/41/EU regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters entered into force for five Member States of the European Union which have transposed it in time and are ready to apply this new legal instrument in practice.

The question referred to the CJEU was whether national legislation which makes it possible to combine tax penalties and criminal penalties with respect to the same act or omission – consisting of non-payment of VAT –, is compatible with Article 50 of the Charter, in conjunction with Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights?