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According to a report by the European Court of Auditors, the Commission’s assessment is generally appropriate, but there remain risks to the successful implementation of the national recovery and resilience plans, such as unclear milestones and targets.

On 18 September 2022, the Commission proposed measures against Hungary under the conditionality mechanism. The Council has now one month to adopt the proposed measures, which include the suspension of 65% of commitments for three operational programmes under cohesion policy.

In its judgment in Case C-242/22 PPU (criminal proceedings against TL), the CJEU clarified the interpretation of the need to translate essential documents and to ensure the presence of an interpreter when that document is being drawn up (Art. 2(1) and Art. 3(1) of Directive 2010/64). In addition, the case addresses the right to be informed on the right to interpretation and translation (Art. 3(1)(d) of Directive 2012/13).

On 26 July 2022, the EPPO signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Working Arrangement on cooperation with the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Homeland Security. The MoU/WA will facilitate cooperation between the participants in investigations and prosecutions relating to criminal offenses within their respective competences.

In July 2022, the Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA) presented a report that provided a first comprehensive analysis of corruption in the financial, banking and insurance systems in Moldova.

At the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 9/10 June 2022, Ministers discussed several issues on how the EU needs to react to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.A discussion paper by the French Council Presidency summarised the judicial responses to …

This news item continues the overview in previous eucrim issues of the recent rule-of-law developments in Hungary as far as they relate to European law.

This news item continues the overview of recent rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they relate to European law) since the last update in eucrim 1-2022, 5-7.

This news item provides an overview of the recent EU actions with regard to sanctioning Russia's war in Ukraine. It outlines targeted sanctions against individuals, economic sanctions and bans on broadcasting companies.

In his opinion delivered on 7 July 2022, Advocate General (AG) Emiliou clarified the obligations placed upon the competent authorities of the Member States in circumstances where an alert has been entered in the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the seizure of an object or its use as evidence in criminal proceedings, when that alert is no longer considered relevant.