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Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella presented his opinion on the Estonian data retention law, advising on how Member States may arrange the contentious retention of personal data for law enforcement purposes while keeping in line with Union law (opinion of 21 January 2020, Case C-746/18 …

Advocate General (AG) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona advocates that the CJEU’s rather restrictive case law on the retention of personal data and access to these data by law enforcement or intelligence authorities should be upheld. Following the judgment in the Joined Cases C-203/15, Tele2 Sverige, and …

The German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwalt Verein − DAV) called on the establishment of additional minimum guarantees for procedural rights within the EU. In its statement No 5/20 of January 2020, the association assesses the state of play of procedural safeguards in the EU …

The CJEU ruled on the conditions under which the non-appearance of accused persons at certain trial hearings for reasons either within or beyond their control is compatible with Union law. The concrete case deals with the provisions of the Bulgarian Criminal Code of Procedure on …

In Case C-612/15 (criminal proceedings against Nikoley Kolev, Stefan Kostadinov, judgment of 5 June 2018, see eucrim 2/2018, pp. 99/101), the CJEU ruled that Union law, i.e., the obligation to protect the EU’s financial interests in accordance with Art. 325(1) TFEU, precludes national …

On 21 January 2020, the LIBE Committee discussed the Commission proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online (for the proposal, see eucrim 2/2018, 97-98 and the article by G. Robinson, eucrim 4/2018, p. 234). Rapporteur Patryk Jaki (ECR, …

Alongside the presentation of the EU toolbox on joint security measures for 5G networks in January 2020, a special Eurobarometer survey was published that aimed at identifying EU citizens’ awareness, experience, and perception of cyber security. The fieldwork was carried out in October 2019. The …

On 29 January 2020, the Commission tabled an EU toolbox of mitigating measures with the consensus of EU Member States in order to address security risks related to the rollout of 5G, the fifth generation of mobile networks. Ensuring protection of 5G from cybersecurity threats …

On 10 February 2020, the European Commission published the results of its evaluation of Directive 2011/64/EU, which provides for the structure and rates of excise duties on manufactured tobacco (i.e., cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos, fine-cut tobacco for rolling cigarettes, and other smoking tobacco). The …

On 31 January 2020, the European Commission (DG TAXUD) published the fourth edition of its survey on “tax policies in the EU.” The survey examines how Member States’ tax systems perform in respect of the following benchmarks:Stimulating investment and addressing positive and negative externalities; …