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States that are party to the Schengen Agreement can refuse to follow an Interpol red notice seeking extradition of an individual to a third country if he/she has already been finally tried in one of the Schengen States. The CJEU delivered this groundbreaking judgment on 12 May 2021 in Case C-505/19.

The Horizon Europe information day on 30 June is an opportunity to gain valuable insight into research topics covered in the Civil Security for Society (Cluster 3) funding calls.

This online workshop addresses topical issues and problems in combatting corruption and bribery in the financial sector. It focuses on detecting and preventing corrupt practices and relations between financial market participants and their clients, investors, sub-contractors, service providers and other third parties.

The seminar, which forms part of a series of five co-funded by the European Commission on enhancing cross-border mutual legal assistance and recognition of decisions within the context of detention, will focus on the purpose and actual and practical use of Framework Decision 909 on the imposition of custodial sentences and their enforcement in relation to prisoner transfers and probation. Issues with its proper use and how it interacts with the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) will also be examine

On 17 May 2021, Eurojust published its report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters. With this report, Eurojust intended to identify specific difficulties in the application of the most widely used instruments of judicial cooperation resulting from the Covid-19 …

On 19 April 2021, the Commission adopted a Communication on Better Regulation, aiming to improve the EU’s law-making process by simplifying the EU legislation and reducing its burden. The Commission will therefore: The Commission stressed that an improvement of the EU law-making process can …

On 19 May 2021, the European Parliament adopted a report making recommendations on human rights protection within the framework of the EU’s external asylum and migration policy. The Parliament criticised the practice of the EU and several Member States that have been entering into an …

With Brexit and the end of the United Kingdom’s EU membership, the 2007 Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Lugano Convention) no longer applies to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). On …

On 26 March 2021, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) held an online Standing Committee during which several position papers were adopted. Among them: The CCBE adopted its comments on the Communication on the Digitalisation of Justice in the EU. …

On 27 April 2021, the European Parliament adopted a decision on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission on a mandatory transparency register. The text was adopted with 645 votes in …