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The EU has adopted the new Directive 2024/1226 laying down minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and penalties in relation to the violation and circumvention of Union restrictive measures. The Directive is an additional measure of the EU's reaction to Russia's war in Ukraine aiming at introducing crime control over breaches of a series of Union restrictive measures against Russia and Belarus.

In a Communication of 20 March 2024, the Commission contributed to the discussion on necessary EU internal reforms in the course of enlargement. The Communication looks at the implications of a larger EU in four main areas: values, policies, budget, and governance. As a …

On 16 November 2023, the ECJ delivered a judgment on the interpretation of the right of indirect access to personal data as foreseen in Art. 17 of Directive 2016/680 known as the Law Enforcement (Data Protection) Directive (LED).

A new regulation on the digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation and access to justice and of an accompanying directive will facilitate electronic communication in the context of cross-border judicial cooperation procedures in civil, commercial and criminal matters. It comes in the context of the e-Justice Strategy for the years 2024 to 2028 that aims at speeding up the digitalisation process and the use of digital services in the justice area.

On 18 December 2023, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi sent a letter to the European Commission in which she pointed to several worrying amendments in the Slovak legislation that affect the rule of law as basis for the protection of the EU’s financial …

This news item provides an overview of EPPO's main operational activities from 16 November to 31 December 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (→ eucrim 3/2023, 247-248) and is in reverse chronological order.21 December 2023: The EPPO in Zagreb …

On 27 November 2023, The European Commission (DG TAXUD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released their annual report on the EU enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). The report presents the efforts made and work carried out by all authorities in the …

On 24 November 2023, as part of the European ports alliance, the European Commission launched a new strategic project group to strengthen the role of EU Customs in the fight against drug trafficking. The group consisting of customs experts will meet regularly and be tasked …

On 21 December 2023, the ECJ, sitting in for the Grand Chamber, ruled in Case C-261/22 (GN) that the surrender of a person requested by a European Arrest Warrant cannot be refused on the sole ground that she is the mother of young children. Thus, the ECJ reaffirmed its case law on the protection of fundamental rights in the context of Framework Decision 2002/584 on the European arrest warrant.

By order of 16 January 2024, the General Court dismissed Eva Kaili’s action for annulment against the request by the European Chief Prosecutor to lift her parliamentary immunity (Case T-46/23).Facts of the caseThe EPPO is conducting investigations against Greek MEP …