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Hit Against Fuel Fraud 
28 March 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of February 2020, law enforcement authorities from 23 EU Member States conducted a major operation against Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) involved in fuel fraud. The operation led to 59 arrests, the seizure of 5.2 million litres of designer fuel worth approximately … Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Europol: Staff Exchange 
28 March 2020 (updated 6 years, 3 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
The second staff exchange initiative took place between the European Defence Agency (EDA), the permanent Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU), the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA), and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).From 17 to 20 February 2020, experts from the different agencies met in Brussels … Read more
EU Europol
Cyber Information and Intelligence Sharing Initiative Launched 
28 March 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Europol launched the “Cyber Information and Intelligence Sharing Initiative (CIISI-EU)” together with the European Central Bank and a group of Europe’s largest and most important financial infrastructures. The aim is to protect the European financial system from cyberattacks.The initiative of 27 February 2020 brings … Read more
EU Europol
Stronger Collaboration with Mexico 
28 March 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In February 2020, Europol started negotiations for a collaboration with the Mexican Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim is to sign a Working Agreement to expand and intensify their collaboration in preventing and combating … Read more
Europol
New Version of Practice Directions Adopted 
28 March 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In February 2020, the Court of Justice adopted a new version of its Practice Directions, containing information on developments regarding the protection of personal data and the handling of appeals.Data protection rules, for instance, require party representatives to give full effect in their … Read more
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Commission Work Programme 2020 
28 March 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 20 January 2020, the Commission published its Work Programme for the year 2020. The first annual Work Programme is entitled “A Union that strives for more” and sets out the most important Commission initiatives in the programme’s first year, including commitments for the … Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Security Union Commission
Commission Updates on E-Evidence Negotiations with US and at Council of Europe  none
22 February 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
At the JHA Council meeting of 2-3 December 2019, the Commission updated the Council on the state of play of the negotiations for an EU-US agreement on cross-border access to e-evidence, on the one hand, and on a second additional Protocol to the Budapest … Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation
CJEU: No Loopholes against Enforcement of Foreign Fines 
22 February 2020 (updated 6 years, 6 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 5 December 2019, the CJEU published an important judgment on the Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties (FD 2005/214/JHA). In the case at issue (C-671/18), which was referred to the CJEU by a Polish … Read more
EU Financial Penalties
AG Opinion in EAW Case against Rapper: Legislation at Time of Offence Governs Interpretation of Thresholds 
22 February 2020 (updated 6 years, 1 month ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 26 November 2019, Advocate General (AG) Michal Bobek issued his opinion in the extradition case of rapper Valtònyc. The CJEU has to interpret Art. 2(2) of the 2002 Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant (FD EAW) following a request for preliminary ruling … Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant
Spotlight CJEU Clarifies its Case Law on Concept of “Judicial Authority” Entitled to Issue EAWs 
22 February 2020 (updated 5 years, 6 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2019
On 12 December 2019, the CJEU provided further guidance under which conditions public prosecutor’s offices can be regarded as “issuing judicial authority” within the meaning of Art. 6(1) of the 2002 Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant (FD EAW). Uncertainties were triggered after the … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation
EU-US Reaffirm their Partnership to Tackle Security Threats 
22 February 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 11 December 2019, representatives of the European Union – including new Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and the Finnish and Croatian ministers of justice and of the interior on behalf of the current and incoming Council Presidencies – met in Washington D.C. with … Read more
EU Judicial Cooperation
Council Conclusions on Alternative Measures to Detention 
22 February 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
One of the topics high on the agenda of the Finnish EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2019 was the debate on alternative measures to detention (see eucrim 2/2019, p. 109). The topic concerns EU policy debate since many years, but gained … Read more
EU Judicial Cooperation
Council Gives Green Light for UK Exchange of Fingerprint Data via Prüm Network 
22 February 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 2 December 2019, the JHA Council formally approved the United Kingdom’s participation in the Prüm fingerprint exchange system. After having concluded that the UK has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection for the purpose of Prüm automated data exchange with regard to … Read more
EU Police Cooperation
Council Conclusions on Victims’ Rights 
22 February 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Finnish EU Council Presidency addressed the subject of victims’ rights. During the Presidency, delegations of the EU Member States agreed on conclusions on victims’ rights that were adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 2-3 December 2019. The conclusions first take stock of the … Read more
EU Victim Protection
Spotlight Whistleblowing Directive Published 
18 February 2020 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2019
On 26 November 2019, Directive 2019/1937 “on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law” was published in the Official Journal (L 305, p. 17). The European Parliament and the Council already agreed on the content of the Directive in April 2019. … Read more
EU Victim Protection
EDPS: New Proportionality Guidelines 
18 February 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 19 December 2019, the European Data Protection Supervisor issued guidelines on assessing the proportionality of measures that limit the fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data. The guidelines aim at providing policymakers and legislators with practical tools to help assess … Read more
EU Data Protection