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Commission Initiative to Achieve the European Green Deal
On 17 November 2021, the Commission adopted three new initiatives in order to achieve the European Green Deal. With these initiatives, the Commission aims to curb EU-driven deforestation, facilitate intra-EU waste shipments, promote a circular economy, and tackle the export of illegal waste and … Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Legislation
Environmental Crime
ECA Special Report on Performance-Based Financing in Cohesion Policy
On 21 October 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published its Special Report 24/2021: Performance-based financing in Cohesion policy. The 2014-2020 common provisions regulation introduced three instruments giving Member States financial incentives to strive for results and optimise their use of funding: The … Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
ECA Report on Results of EU Spending Programmes
On 15 October 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published its Report on the performance of the EU budget – Status at the end of 2020. In the report, the ECA examined the results achieved by EU spending programmes financed by the EU budget, … Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
New Tripartite Agreement Allowing the ECA to have More Access to EIB Data
On 11 November 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the European Commission signed a new tripartite agreement. It replaces an agreement from 2016 that was concluded between these three institutions. The revised tripartite agreement allows the ECA … Read more
EU
Commission
Protection of Financial Interests
European Council’s Conclusion on Digitalisation
At the summit on 22 October 2021, EU leaders discussed the EU’s digital transition and adopted conclusions on the EU’s digital policy in the forthcoming years. The European Council called for a swift examination of the Commission’s proposal for the policy programme “Path … Read more
EU
Legislation
CJEU: Surrender Provisions in TCA also Binding on Ireland
According to the CJEU, the provisions in the Withdrawal Agreement concerning the European arrest warrant regime with respect to the United Kingdom and the provision in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom concerning the new surrender mechanism are binding on Ireland. The country cannot play its opt-in card. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
European Arrest Warrant
Judicial Cooperation
New Draft Law: Parliament Aims at Strengthening EU-Wide Requirements for Cybersecurity Attacks
On 22 November 2021, the European Parliament (EP) backed a draft law that would set tighter cybersecurity obligations in terms of risk management, reporting obligations, and information sharing for businesses, administrations, and states. The EP sees a need for this law because of the increase … Read more
EU
Legislation
Cybercrime
OSCE Makes Recommendations on Use of New Technologies for Border Management
On 5 October 2021, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) released a new policy brief on Border Management and Human Rights. The policy brief aims at providing an overview of the what the implications of collecting and sharing information in the … Read more
EU
Schengen
Data Protection
CJEU: Exclusion of Blind Juror from Participating in Criminal Proceedings not Justified
On 21 October 2021, the CJEU ruled that a blind person cannot be deprived of his/her possibility to perform the duties of a juror in criminal proceedings. The case at issue (C-824/19) plays in Bulgaria, where a woman, VA, who has a permanently reduced … Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
CJEU Clarifies Right to be Heard in EAW Cases
The CJEU ruled on the question at which place and according to which procedures a person can exercise his/her right to be heard if the issuing authority had issued a request for additional prosecution for offences committed prior to the surrender (exception of the specialty rule). Read more
EU
European Arrest Warrant
EPPO: Operational Activities – Reports from October-December 2021
This news item summarises the reports by the EPPO on its operational activities in October-December 2021. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Protection of Financial Interests
First Conviction in EPPO Case
The EPPO reported that on 22 November 2021, the first conviction was handed down following an EPPO investigation. A criminal court in Slovakia convicted a former mayor for an attempted offence against the EU’s financial interests. The mayor falsified documents in an attempt to illegally … Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Working Arrangement between EPPO and EIB Group
On 7 December 2021, the EPPO signed a working arrangement with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. The Arrangement lays down the rules on cooperation between the EPPO and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
EPPO Appointed EDPs from Slovenia
On 24 November 2021, the EPPO College appointed two European Delegated Prosecutors from Slovenia. The appointment seems to put an end to a dispute between the EU and Slovenia, which delayed the nomination of the country’s candidates for months. Now all Member States participating in the scheme of the EPPO have European Delegated Prosecutors. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
EPPO and OLAF Lead Successful Investigation into Procurement Fraud in Croatia
The EPPO and OLAF conducted one of the first joint operations. The investigations concerned procurement fraud in the purchase of an information system for the Croatian Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU). The investigations resulted in the arrest of four suspects on 10 … Read more
EU
OLAF
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Operation “Finestra” at EU’s Eastern Borders
Between 27 September and 8 October 2021, various EU and national law enforcement agencies cracked down on transnational crime at the EU’s eastern and south-eastern land borders. The joint action days code-named “Finestra” were led by Frontex and the Romanian authorities. They also involved OLAF, … Read more
EU
Frontex
Organised Crime