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Spotlight ECJ Ruled on Concept of "Irregularity" and Extent of Financial Corrections
In its decision of 8 June 2023, the ECJ clarified the extent to which the Member States must recover European Union structural funds if there is merely a suspicion of corruption in the award of public contracts financed with them, even though the suspicion is substantiated by the initiation of administrative or judicial proceedings. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law Report
On 5 July 2023, the Commission published its 4th Rule of Law Report. The Rule of Law Report includes 27 country chapters and examines developments – both positive and negative – across all EU Member States in four key areas for the rule of law. Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Rule of Law
Commission
Fourth JITs Evaluation Report
Based on 82 evaluations, the fourth Joint Investigation Team Evaluation Report provides an overview of lessons learned and best practices, gives insights into Eurojust’s experience with multilateral JITs, and reports on recent developments in JITs and JITs-related case law. Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Eurojust
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer Published 2022 Report
The Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer released the annual report providing an overview of the monitoring and advisory activities performed in 2022. Read more
EU
Frontex
Eurojust Annual Report 2022 – Criminal Justice Across Borders
End of May 2023, Eurojust presented the agency's operational results in 2022. Eurojust contributed to the arrest of more than 4 000 suspects, the seizure/freezing of criminal assets worth almost €3 billion and the seizure of drugs worth almost €12 billion. Read more
EU
Eurojust
2022 Annual Report of the Frontex Consultative Forum
End of June 2023, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its tenth annual report for 2022. The report outlines the main observations and recommendations that the Forum raised throughout the year with Frontex to strengthen fundamental rights protection in the agency's activities. Read more
EU
Frontex
AG Opinion on Joint and Several Liability between Europol and Member States
In his opinion of 15 June 2023 in Case C-755/21 P, Kočner v Europol, Advocate General Rantos concludes that EU law has introduced a system of joint and several liability between Europol and the Member State concerned for damage suffered as a result of … Read more
EU
Europol
ECJ: National Prohibitions to Examine Violations of the Duty to Inform Suspects of their Right to Remain Silent Possible
EU law does not preclude national legislation which prohibits the trial court in a criminal case from raising its own motion, a breach of the obligation imposed on the competent authorities to inform suspects or accused persons promptly of their right to remain silent with a view to the annulment of the procedure. However, those suspects or accused persons must not have been deprived of a practical and effective opportunity to have access to a lawyer. Read more
EU
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
ECJ: EU Law Protecting the Union’s Financial Interests Prevails over National Fundamental Rights
In its judgment in Lin (Case C-107/23 PPU) of 24 July 2023, the ECJ clarified the obligations of Member States arising from the need to combat fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union and the need to respect fundamental rights protected by EU law and national law. Read more
EU
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
GC Rules on Liability in Case of Press Leaks of OLAF Reports
The General Court rules on the scope of the duty of diligence if OLAF reports were leaked to the press. The GC dismissed the action for non-contractual liability arguing that the duty to maintain confidentiality of OLAF reports does not include the duty to publicly condemn a leak and to put an end to the dissemination of false information. Read more
EU
Commission
OLAF
EPPO’s Operational Activities: May – September 2023
This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities from 1 May to 30 September 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (for the previous overview → eucrim 1/2023, 19-22). The overview is in reverse chronological order. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Overview of Convictions in EPPO Cases: May-September 2023
This news item provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 May to 31 July 2023 and continues the overview in → eucrim 1/2023, 19. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
EPPO’s Operational Activities: January-April 2023
This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities in the first four months of 2023 (1 January-30 April 2023). It continues the periodic reports of the last issues. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Overview of Convictions in EPPO Cases: January-April 2023
The following provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 January to 30 April 2023. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Convictions in VAT Carousel Fraud Case with Luxury Cars
German criminal courts handed down first judgments in a major EPPO case that dismantled a VAT carousel fraud ring involving luxury cars. This scheme was investigated since 2021 by the EPPO in Germany, and is estimated to have caused losses of at least €13 million. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
AG: Belgian Law Must Provide Right to an Effective Judicial Remedy against Supervisory Authority
In her opinion of 15 June 2023, AG Medina scrutinizes Belgian legislation in the field of law enforcement providing only indirect access to data subjects' rights via the supervisory data protection authority. From the perspective of EU law, what is critical is that the individual has no effective judicial remedy against the supervisory authority. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Data Protection