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FRA's Strategic Priority 2023-2028
FRA’s strategic priorities for the next five years have been set out in its recently published Strategic Plan 2023-2028. It assesses a number of megatrends that seem most relevant to fundamental rights and looks at how the set priorities can be achieved in the upcoming years. Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Eurojust Signs Working Arrangement with Nigeria
On 9 November 2023, Eurojust and the Nigerian judicial authorities signed a Working Arrangement, with the aim of enabling structured and closer cooperation in the fight against organised crime groups. Through the agreement, Eurojust can establish a Contact Point in Nigeria. It allows Eurojust … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Judicial Cooperation
New Possibilities for Information Exchange in Terrorism Cases
On 31 October 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/2131 amending Eurojust Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 as regards digital information exchange in terrorism cases entered into force. Through the amended Regulation, Eurojust may now establish a modern Case Management System (CMS) to store operational information as well as a … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Terrorism
Eurojust Raises Awareness of Advertising-Funded Digital Piracy
In a new flyer, Eurojust stressed that advertising of the use of advertising to fund websites and mobile apps offering pirated content has become an insidious practice in the online piracy landscape and generates income for criminals. Read more
EU
Eurojust
Counterfeiting & Piracy
Eurojust Paper: The Crime of Aggression in Domestic Laws
In a paper by the Genocide Network, published on 19 October 2023, a comparative overview of the way in which EU Member States, Genocide Network Observer States and Ukraine have implemented the crime of aggression in their domestic laws is given. Read more
EU
Ukraine conflict
Eurojust
Eurojust: Updated Overview on EAW Case Law
In October 2023, Eurojust published an update of its overview of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) with regard to the application of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and the … Read more
EU
Eurojust
European Arrest Warrant
New National Member for Malta
At the beginning of October 2023, Ms Maria Baldacchino took up her duties as National Member for Malta at Eurojust. Ms Baldacchino already gained experience working at Eurojust in her positions as Deputy National Member and Assistant to the National Member, positions that she … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Spotlight ECJ Ruled on Fundamental Rights Refusal of Norwegian Surrender Warrant
In its judgment of 14 September 2023, the ECJ ruled on the extent Member State courts must take account of fundamental rights when it comes to extradition on the basis of the Agreement on the surrender procedure between the EU and Iceland/Norway. In addition, the Court had to decide as to which extent decisions taken in other EU Member States in the extradition case can be taken into account by the executing court. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
European Arrest Warrant
Judicial Cooperation
ECJ: Bulgarian Penalty for Trade Mark Infringement Disproportionate
In its judgment of 19 October 2023 in Case C-655/21 (G. St. T.), the ECJ interpreted the principles of legal certainty and proportionality as enshrined in Art. 49(1) and (3) CFR in the context of the incrimination of trade mark infringements under Bulgarian law. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Counterfeiting & Piracy
First-Line Border Checks outside the EU
In October 2023, Frontex officers carried out first-line border checks at a border outside the EU for the first time. As part of Frontex's Joint Operation Moldova, it was the first comprehensive operational activity in a non-EU country that included land and air borders and … Read more
EU
Frontex
ECJ Ruled on the Prohibition of Double Jeopardy in Fraudulent Pyramid Schemes
On 21 September 2023, the ECJ delivered a judgment that assessed whether facts are identical if a criminal carried out a fraudulent pyramid scheme in Spain and Portugal. The judges in Luxembourg were of the opinion that this does not seem the case under the circumstances at issue. Read more
EU
European Arrest Warrant
Ne bis in idem
Civil Society Organisations Warn against UK's Participation in Prüm II
In a statement of 31 October 2023, 15 civil rights organisations from across Europe raised concerns over the United Kingdom's participation in the EU's Prüm II scheme. Prüm II is designed to expand the types of data that can be searched and exchanged by … Read more
EU
Police Cooperation
ECJ Clarifies Assessment of "idem" Requirement
On 12 October 2023, the ECJ delivered a judgment in which it clarified the methods to asses the requirement of "same facts" under the principle ne bis in idem enshrined in Art. 54 CISA and Art. 50 CFR. Read more
EU
Ne bis in idem
Spotlight ECJ: Art. 50 of the Charter Protects Volkswagen from Further Administrative Penalties in Italy
The Italian competition and market supervisory authority can no longer impose an administrative fine on Volkswagen (VW) for the installation of inadmissible defeat devices in their diesel vehicles after VW had received and paid a fine from the public prosecutor's office in Germany in the meantime and in the same context. This was decided by the ECJ in Case C-27/22 on 14 September 2023, following Advocate General Sanchez-Bodona's opinion of 30 March 2023. Read more
EU
Ne bis in idem
Europol TE-SAT 2023
In its 2023 TE-SAT report, Europol provides a situational overview on terrorism in 2022. The report presents figures and developments within the terrorism landscape in the EU. It compiled the findings of EU Member States and Europol on trends emerging in terrorism over the year 2022. Read more
EU
Europol
Terrorism
New National Member for Portugal at Eurojust
Since 8 November 2023, Mr José Luis Ferreira Trindade has been a Eurojust National Member for Portugal. Mr Trindade can look back on a long-standing career with Eurojust, where he started as Assistant to the National Member in 2016 and then became Deputy National Member … Read more
EU
Eurojust