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The EP assessed the Commission's latest rule of law report and pointed to worrying trends that deteriorate EU values in some EU countries.

On 15 February 2023, the Commission decided to refer the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, and Poland to the Court of Justice for failing to transpose and notify national measures implementing the directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of …

On 18 April 2023, the Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/881 as regards managed security services and presented a Cybersecurity Skills Academy.With the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, the Commission aims …

On 4 April 2023, the platform Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) managed by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) launched a newsletter on its activities. The CERIS platform facilitates interactions within the security research community and among users …

On 25 April 2023, Europol and the International Criminal Court (ICC) signed a Working Arrangement to enhance their cooperation, in particular through the exchange of information, knowledge, experience, and expertise inherent to their respective mandates. Areas of cooperation under the Arrangement include the following:Exchanging …

Eurojust and the European Anti-Fraud Office have concluded a new Working Arrangement to enhance their cooperation in the fight against crimes affecting the EU's financial interests. The new Working Arrangement outlines practical details of the institutional, strategic, and operational cooperation between the two bodies.

On 18 April 2023, the CJEU took another important decision on the handling of EAWs if fundamental rights of the requested person are at stake. It decided that a manifest risk endangering the person’s health can justify temporary suspension of his/her surrender. The executing judicial authority is obliged to ask the issuing authority for information concerning the conditions in which it intends to prosecute or detain that person.

The CJEU ruled in the legal battle between the Spanish Supreme Court and Belgian courts regarding the surrender of escaped Catalan politicians after the illegal referendum in Catalonia in 2017. The CJEU clarified that Belgian courts could not refuse the Spanish EAWs on the ground that the criminal court in Spain does not have jurisdiction to try the persons concerned. The judgment has huge importance on fundamental rights checks in the EAW mechanism.

Following the entry into force of the Digital Services Act (DSA) (→ eucrim 4/2020, 273–274 and eucrim 4/22, 228-230) in mid-November 2022, the Commission adopted the first designation under the DSA on 25 April 2023. The following platforms are affected:Seventeen Very Large Online …

The Commission communicated the results of the EU coordinated action "From the Hives". It confirmed that a significant part of honey imported into the EU is suspicious of not complying with the provisions of the “Honey Directive”. OLAF provided investigative support and on-the-spot checks.