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At the summit on 22 October 2021, EU leaders discussed the EU’s digital transition and adopted conclusions on the EU’s digital policy in the forthcoming years. The European Council called for a swift examination of the Commission’s proposal for the policy programme “Path …

According to the CJEU, the provisions in the Withdrawal Agreement concerning the European arrest warrant regime with respect to the United Kingdom and the provision in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom concerning the new surrender mechanism are binding on Ireland. The country cannot play its opt-in card.

On 22 November 2021, the European Parliament (EP) backed a draft law that would set tighter cybersecurity obligations in terms of risk management, reporting obligations, and information sharing for businesses, administrations, and states. The EP sees a need for this law because of the increase …

On 5 October 2021, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) released a new policy brief on Border Management and Human Rights. The policy brief aims at providing an overview of the what the implications of collecting and sharing information in the …

On 21 October 2021, the CJEU ruled that a blind person cannot be deprived of his/her possibility to perform the duties of a juror in criminal proceedings. The case at issue (C-824/19) plays in Bulgaria, where a woman, VA, who has a permanently reduced …

The CJEU ruled on the question at which place and according to which procedures a person can exercise his/her right to be heard if the issuing authority had issued a request for additional prosecution for offences committed prior to the surrender (exception of the specialty rule).

This news item summarises the reports by the EPPO on its operational activities in October-December 2021.

The EPPO reported that on 22 November 2021, the first conviction was handed down following an EPPO investigation. A criminal court in Slovakia convicted a former mayor for an attempted offence against the EU’s financial interests. The mayor falsified documents in an attempt to illegally …

On 7 December 2021, the EPPO signed a working arrangement with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. The Arrangement lays down the rules on cooperation between the EPPO and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group.

On 24 November 2021, the EPPO College appointed two European Delegated Prosecutors from Slovenia. The appointment seems to put an end to a dispute between the EU and Slovenia, which delayed the nomination of the country’s candidates for months. Now all Member States participating in the scheme of the EPPO have European Delegated Prosecutors.