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The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) remains a success story, but Member States must properly implement the instruments of mutual recognition, including the EAW, to achieve the objective of developing and maintaining a European area of freedom, security and justice. This was declared by Commissioners Věra …

On 2 June 2020, the Commission presented its report on asset recovery and confiscation, entitled “Ensuring that crime does not pay.” The proceeds of organised crime in the EU are currently estimated at about €110 billion per year. As reported by Europol, however, …

The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation referred questions on the applicability of Directive 2004/80/EC as regards compensation to crime victims and the amount of compensation provided therein. On 16 July 2020, the Grand Chamber of the CJEU delivered its judgment on the case (C-129/19 …

The full potential of the 2012 Victims’ Rights Directive (Directive 2012/29/EU) has not yet been reached. The implementation of the Directive is not satisfactory. This is particularly due to incomplete and/or incorrect transposition. These are the main conclusions of the recent Commission implementation …

The legislative implementation of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order (EPO) in criminal matters is satisfactory, in particular the mechanism for recognising EPOs. The EPO has been applied only in few cases in practice, however; its full potential has not been reached. These are …

On 6 July 2020, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published a report on how EU institutions, bodies, and agencies (EUIs) carry out Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) when processing information that presents a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. DPIAs …

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Wojciech Wiewiórowski, welcomed the European Commission’s review of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – see separate news item). In a statement issued on 24 June 2020, he especially agrees that the GDPR has strengthened the …

On 24 June 2020, the European Commission published its first report on the evaluation and review of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report comes two years after the Regulation became applicable on 25 May 2018. As stipulated by Art. 97 of the GDPR, …

On 9 July 2020, the CJEU ruled on the reference for a preliminary ruling of the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden in Case C-272/19. The reason for the referral was the question of whether a parliamentary petitions committee is subject to the General Data Protection …

In response to questions referred by the Irish High Court, the CJEU’s Grand Chamber ruled on 16 July 2020 in case C-311/18 that Commission Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield was invalid. By contrast, Commission Decision 2010/87 …