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Deal on Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
In April 2024, the Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on a €6 billion Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. The facility is the financial pillar of a general Reform and Growth Plan for six Western Balkan countries proposed by the … Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
Court of Justice Establishes Joint and Several Liability between Europol and the Member State
In an appeal judgment in the Kočner case, the Court of Justice overturned a judgement by the General Court and ruled that Europol and a Member State are to be jointly and severally liable for a non-material damage resulting from the unlawful disclosure of personal data to unauthorised persons. Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Europol
Spotlight Prüm II Regulation Enters Into Force
Originally as part of the EU Police Cooperation Code, an upgrade of the Prüm Regulation entered into force. Among other things, the new legislation will extend the scope of data searches to facial images and police record index numbers of suspects and convicted persons. Europol will get access powers. Read more
EU
Police Cooperation
Compliance of Gatekeepers Under the DMA
As of 7 March 2024, six major tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft — that were designated as gatekeepers by the European Commission in September 2023, are now required to comply fully with all obligations set forth in the Digital Markets … Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Legislation
Common Criteria on Entering Terrorists and Extremists in SIS
On 11 April 2024, the Belgian Council Presidency circulated a note which lists criteria on when a person should be regarded as a potential terrorist or violent extremist threat (“Gefährder”). The note stressed that the criteria are "strictly non-binding". Their goal is to … Read more
Security Union
Schengen
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Reform of CJEU Statute Adopted
The Council and the European Parliament agreed on the reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the EU amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice. The EP adopted the draft regulation on 27 February 2024 and the … Read more
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
Spotlight Publication of EPPO’s Annual Report 2023
On 1 March 2024, the EPPO published its Annual Report for the year 2023. The report gives an overview of the EPPO’s operational activities and the activities of its College, permanent Chambers, and 140 European Delegated Prosecutors (for the 2022 report → eucrim 1/2023, … Read more
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Spotlight Anti-SLAPP Directive Published
After the European Parliament and Council had finally signed the act on 11 April 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/1069 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings ("Strategic lawsuits against public participation" - commonly dubbed "SLAPP") was published … Read more
EU
Legislation
Victim Protection
CJEU: Judicial Statistics 2023
On 23 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its judicial statistics for the year 2023. Looking at the number of cases brought before the Court of Justice (ECJ) and the General Court, 2023 once again confirmed an upward … Read more
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
New Eurojust Factsheet on the Digital Services Act
A new factsheet, prepared by Eurojust's Intellectual Property Crime Project, explains the Digital Services Act (DSA) that became fully applicable in February 2024. The factsheet informs about cooperation and reporting obligations, enforcement rules and the impact of the DSA on copyright infringements. Read more
Legislation
Digital Space Regulation
Eurojust
Counterfeiting & Piracy
Spotlight Key Features of Most Threatening Criminal Networks in the EU
At the beginning of April 2024, Europol presented its first report on the most threatening criminal networks operating in the EU. With the aim of deepening our understanding of the key characteristics of these networks, the report "Decoding the EU’s most threatening criminal networks … Read more
EU
Europol
Organised Crime
Report on the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online
On 14 February 2024, the Commission adopted a report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/784, which addresses the dissemination of terrorist content online (→ eucrim 2/2021, 95-97 ). The Regulation applies as of 7 June 2022 (→ eucrim 2/2022, 112) The report … Read more
EU
Racism and Xenophobia
Terrorism
Accession to the EU: 20th Anniversary for Ten Member States
On 1 May 2004, the EU experienced its largest single enlargement in terms of countries and people - with the accession of ten new Member States: Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.To mark the 20th anniversary of the … Read more
EU
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
What Can the EJN or Eurojust Do for You?
In April 2024, the EJN and Eurojust published an updated version of a joint paper informing judicial practitioners in the EU Member States of the services and assistance in international cooperation in criminal matters that both bodies provide. The paper explains the role, tasks, and … Read more
EU
Eurojust
European Judicial Network (EJN)
FRA Signs Agreements with Frontex and eu-Lisa
On 12 March 2024, FRA signed two new agreements to strengthen its partnership and cooperation with Frontex and eu-Lisa.The cooperation plan established between FRA and eu-Lisa (the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale lT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security … Read more
Frontex
Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
EPPO’s Operational Activities: January – March 2024
This news item provides an overview of the EPPO's main operational activities from 1 January to 31 March 2024. It continues the periodic analyses of recent issues (last: → eucrim 4/2023, 322-324) and reports in reverse chronological order. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)