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Bereits seit 1998 wird über eine einheitliche europäische Strafverfolgungsbehörde diskutiert. Nun hat die Europäische Staatsanwaltschaft (EUStA) nach einer langen Vorbereitungs- und Entstehungsphase am 1. Juni 2021 ihre operative Tätigkeit aufgenommen.

On 20 September 2021, the European Commission released the 32nd annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests. It gives an overview of the main developments in 2020 as regards the legislative, practical, and cooperation framework of the EU to fight fraud affecting the EU budget. The report also addresses the irregularities and fraud reported in 2020 and their related risks.

On 2 September 2021, the CJEU decided that EU law (i.e. Directive 2005/60/EC) does not preclude national legislation that provides that the offence of money laundering can also be committed by the perpetrator of the predicate offence, i.e. the criminal activity from which the money concerned was derived. As a result, the CJEU follows the opinion of AG Hogan in this case.

On 6 October 2021, the CJEU handed down a judgment, in which it clarifies its case law in Cilifit under which conditions national last instance courts may refrain from making a reference for a preliminary ruling. The Grand Chamber judgment reasserts the three situations in which national courts or tribunals of last instance are not subject to the obligation to make a reference for a preliminary ruling – an obligation laid down in Art. 267 TFEU.

This news items summarises the current state of play of negotiations on the planned e-evidence Regulation. Despite the very opposing starting points of the co-legislators, a compromise text could be reached on several issues.

In a judgment of 6 October 2021, the CJEU ruled on the question of the extent to which an executing authority may challenge the legal classification of an offence by the issuing authority in a category where double criminality is no longer to be examined.

On 6 October 2021, the CJEU delivered an important judgment on the implications of fundamental rights in the mutual recognition scheme. The case concerned the question of whether an executing authority may refuse the recognition of a financial penalty (on the basis of Framework Decision 2005/214/JI) if the issuing authority did not notify the decision to the person concerned in a language he/she understands.

Das Ministerium für Justiz, Europa und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Schleswig-Holstein und das Bundesamt für Justiz laden herzlich ein zum Europäischen Tag der Justiz 2021.