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On 29.02.2024 the EJN held the 45th EJN Regular meeting in The Hague, chaired by the Belgian EJN Presidency. Approximately 50 EJN Contact Points from the EU and EU candidate/associated countries attended the meeting and exchanged information on latest developments in their national legal framework and case-law related to international judicial cooperation.

On 2nd February 2024, the Secretary to the EJN visited the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. During his visit he met with the Head of Unit and colleagues from the Justice, Digital and Migration Unit of the Agency.

On 1st February 2024, the EJN Secretariat and the WBCJ Project, organized a Joint meeting for the EJN CPs in the Western Balkans and the WBCJ Contact Group Members.

On 26 January 2024, the meeting of the new EJN Contact Points took place online. More than 40 EJN Contact Points who have recently joined the Network got the opportunity to learn how the EJN works in practice and how they can contribute to the facilitation of the judicial cooperation in their new role.

On 14 December 2023, the Tool Correspondents’ training took place in Eurojust’s premises. Guided by the web team and Bilbomatica, Tool Correspondents learnt how to work on the three tools in the back-office of the EJN website.

On 11 December 2023, the new version of the EJN website was launched. It includes the new section dedicated to the cooperation with partners and networks, My EJN profile information, updated Contact Points tool, as well as small updates in Atlas and Compendium to make these tools more user friendly. This deployment also includes the renewed EJN Reporting Tool.

On 17 November 2023 the European Commission released a new edition of the Handbook on how to issue and execute a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The Handbook has been published on the EJN website and can be consulted in the Judicial Library section

The meeting took place from 7 to 9 November 2023 in Madrid, under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, with the participation of approximately 130 EJN Contact Points.

The 3rd Regional Meeting of Contact Points of the EJN was held in Warsaw on 9 and 10 October 2023. The meeting was attended by contact points from the National Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice, regional and circuit prosecutor's offices as well as invited foreign guests.

On 4 October 2023, the 15th National Correspondents’ meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN), under the Spanish Presidency, took place at Eurojust premises.

During 28 - 29 September 2023, the Swedish Prosecution Authority hosted an EJN meeting dedicated to MLA/EIO situations where secret coercive measures – such as audio-recording or GPS tracking – are carried out in a suspect’s vehicle that unexpectedly crosses a border.

From 18 to 20 September the Head of the EJN Secretariat, Hugh Dockry, together with the National Member for Slovenia at Eurojust, Mr Boštjan Škrlec, attended EJN’s Regional Meeting in Gozd Martuljek (SI).

On 21 September Hugh Dockry, Head of the EJN Secretariat, attended COPEN to present the Conclusions of the 60th Plenary Meeting (Stockholm, SE), on the EAW, Encrypted Information/EIO, Freezing and Confiscation and finally Transfer of Proceedings.

UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has approached the EJN Secretariat to share with the practitioners their recent paper (2023) in relation to the asset recovery in the framework of The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

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.

From 6 to 8 July 2023, Hugh Dockry, the Head of the EJN Secretariat, together with the President of Eurojust, Mr Ladislav Hamran, attended the 11th Annual Conference of the Palestinian Public Prosecution Services in Ramallah, Palestine.