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One year after the launch of the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation (on 16 June 2022 → eucrim news of 22 June 2022), Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, and the Director-General of DG CNECT, Roberto Viola, met with …

According to Advocate General Medina, the mandatory collection and storage of fingerprints on identity cards is valid on the basis of an EU Regulation. The case was referred to the ECJ by the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden (Germany).

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement process will become more efficient for data protection authorities (DPAs) through the implementation of new rules proposed by the Commission on 4 July 2023. The proposal lays forth specific procedural guidelines for authorities in situations involving persons who …

The EU passed new legislation designed to prevent misuse of the crypto industry for the purposes of money laundering and financing of terrorism.

EU law does not preclude national legislation which prohibits the trial court in a criminal case from raising its own motion, a breach of the obligation imposed on the competent authorities to inform suspects or accused persons promptly of their right to remain silent with a view to the annulment of the procedure. However, those suspects or accused persons must not have been deprived of a practical and effective opportunity to have access to a lawyer.

In its judgment in Lin (Case C-107/23 PPU) of 24 July 2023, the ECJ clarified the obligations of Member States arising from the need to combat fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union and the need to respect fundamental rights protected by EU law and national law.

There are first reactions to the Commission's proposal of April 2023 for a regulation on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters (→ eucrim 1/2023, 40). In a statement of 12 June 2023, the German Bar Association welcomes the draft regulation in principle. …

On 10 March 2023, the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany) declared extradition of a person from Germany to the UK as “currently inadmissible” due to the lack of guarantees for the person’s protection of fundamental rights.

This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities from 1 May to 30 September 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (for the previous overview → eucrim 1/2023, 19-22). The overview is in reverse chronological order.

This news item provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 May to 31 July 2023 and continues the overview in → eucrim 1/2023, 19.