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Practice: Successful Cooperation Between OLAF and U.A.E. 
20 October 2018
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 12 July 2018, OLAF reported that a joint inspection with Dubai customs led to the seizure of a total of 82 tons of counterfeit steel pipes in the port of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Read more
EU OLAF
OLAF’s New Director-General 
20 October 2018
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 20 June 2018, the Commission appointed Ville Itälä from Finland as new Director-General of OLAF. He took office on 1 August 2018. Mr. Itälä is the successor to Giovanni Kesslerfrom Italy who was appointed the head of the Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency. Read more
EU OLAF
EP Sees Functioning of Schengen Area Critically 
20 October 2018
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The resolution points out the progresses made in strengthening the Schengen area over the last several years: The creation of the European Border and Coast Guard; The introduction of mandatory, systematic checks against relevant databases at the external borders on entry and exit for third-country nationals and for EU nationals; The new entry and exit registration system. Read more
EU Schengen
European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS): Legislation Adopted 
20 October 2018 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2018
n September 2018, the Council and the European Parliament formally adopted the EU legislation introducing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (in short: ETIAS). The legal framework consisting of two regulations was published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 236 of 19 September 2018. Read more
EU Schengen
Brexit: EP Think Tank Analysis Draft Withdrawal Agreement 
20 October 2018
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In July 2018, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) released an in-depth analysis on the draft withdrawal agreement published by the European Commission on 19 March 2018. Additional points settled in negotiations up to June 2018 were also included. The report aims at providing an overview of the main areas already settled by the negotiators as well as areas of persisting difficulty or disagreement. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
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CEPS and QMUL Report Outlines UK-EU Cooperation in Criminal Justice and Police Matters after Brexit 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Task Force set up by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) – a Brussels-based think tank – and the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) published a report that extensively examines the key issues, main options, and alternative models … Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Think Tank Considers Solutions for a Post-Brexit JHA Deal 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Institute for Government – a London-based think tank on governmental challenges – published a report entitled “Negotiating Brexit: policing and criminal justice” in September 2018. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Commission Proposes New Justice, Rights and Values Fund 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
As part of the Commission’s proposals for a new long-term EU budget, the Commission proposed a new “Justice, Rights and Values fund”. The fund will further contribute to the development of a European area of justice by simplifying the budgetary line into one financial programme. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Spotlight 2018 EU Justice Scoreboard: Focus on Judicial Independence 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 28 May 2018, the Commission published the 2018 EU Justice Scoreboard. The Scoreboard provides a comparative overview of the independence, quality, and efficiency of justice systems in the EU Member States. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Commission Continues to Struggle with Poland on Rule-of-Law Compliance 
20 October 2018 (updated 4 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The controversy between the European Commission and Poland entered into another round in summer 2018. On 2 July 2018, the Commission decided to launch an infringement procedure against Poland regarding the Polish law on the Supreme Court. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights Rule of Law
EU 2017 Report on Human Rghts and Democracy in the World 
20 October 2018
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 28 May 2018, the General Secretariat of the Council published the EU’s annual report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2017. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights
Commission Report on the Application of CFR in 2017 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 6 June 2018, the Commission published its annual report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) in the EU in 2017. It is the 7th report of its kind after the CFR became legally binding with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights
Practical Adviser on the Use of Channels for Information Exchange 
20 October 2018
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In July 2018, the Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX) published a Practical Adviser complementing the Manual on Law Enforcement Information Exchange. Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation
German Bar Association Highly Critical of EU’s e-evidence Initiative 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 4 September 2018, the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein − DAV) published a statement on the two legislative proposals of the Commission on e-evidence (see eucrim 1/2018, pp. 35-36). The statement (SN 42/18) criticises the initiative. Read more
EU e-Evidence Law Enforcement Cooperation
German Court Held Extradition of Catalan Leader Puigdemont Partly Inadmissable 
20 October 2018 (updated 7 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In the most prominent European Arrest Warrant case in Germany in recent time, the possible surrender of former Catalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont to Spain, the First Senate for Criminal Matters of the Higher Regional Court of the State of Schleswig-Holstein rendered its final admissibility decision on 12 July 2018. Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant
CJEU Blames Hungary for Non-Execution of Croatian EAW for Corruption 
20 October 2018 (updated 3 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2018
On 25 July 2018, the CJEU rendered an important judgment on the obligations of the executing authority in the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system. Furthermore, the judgment interprets the refusal grounds of Art. 3 No. 2 and Art. 4 No. 3 FD EAW. Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant Ne bis in idem