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AG Michal Bobek recommends that the CJEU decide that Bulgarian authorities cannot issue European Investigation Orders (EIOs) unless Bulgaria introduces remedies against investigative measures. It is the second time that the CJEU is addressed in the specific case (criminal proceedings against Ivan Gavanozov).

On 29 April 2021, the CJEUdelivered a judgment on interpretation of Art. 4(5) of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant (FD EAW) for the first time. It also decided that convictions combined with leniency measures in third countries can be a ground for refusing the execution of an EAW.

The European Commission's work on a European code for cross-border police cooperation is gaining momentum. The idea was presented for the first time in the framework of the EU Security Strategy, which was presented in July 2020 (→ eucrim 2/2020, 71-72). As part of the …

On 27 April 2021, the EP consented to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreements. This formal approval paves the way for the agreement to enter into force permanently on 1 May 2021. In an accompanying resolution, the EP assesses in detail the different chapters and topics of the TCA and highlights several issues regarding future cooperation in justice and home affairs and the protection of the EU's financial interests.

On 7 April 2021, the European Commission published a guidance on the avoidance and management of conflicts of interest under the new 2018 Financial Regulation (FR). The FR, which entered into force on 2 August 2018, has strengthened the measures to protect the EU’s financial …

The German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rejected an application for preliminary injunction against the German Act Ratifying the EU Own Resources Decision. As a consequence, the Ratifying Act can be signed by the Federal President. However, the FCC will have a closer look on the constitutionality of the EU's own resources decision at the principal proceedings.

AG Bobek proposed that the CJEU should revisit its case law on exceptions from the duty borne by national last-instance courts to refer questions on the interpretation of Union acts to the CJEU (Art. 267 TFEU). He proposes a new formula by means of which the duty to refer questions of interpretation to the CJEU can be established.

On 6 April 2021, a working arrangement between the EPPO and the Office of the Prosecutor-General of Hungary entered into force. It aims to facilitate the practical application of the existing legal framework for judicial cooperation in criminal matters between the EPPO and Hungary.

AG Bobek provides his opinion in cases where the compatibility of findings of the Romanian Constitutional Court with EU law (including the protection of the EU's financial interests) are to be assessed. The cases were referred to the CJEU by the Romanian supreme court and a Romanian instance court. The AG considers the reference only partly successful.

In a report dated 31 March 2021, the Commission points out that key provisions of Directive 2016/343 on the presumption of innocence have been inadequately implemented in a number of EU Member States. Major deficiencies relate to the prohibition of public references to guilt and to the right not to incriminate oneself.