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EUROJUST

European Commission�DG for Justice and Consumers –Unit B1. General Criminal Law and Judicial Training

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References

Council Decision 2002/187/JHA setting up Eurojust with a view to reinforcing the fight against serious crime (O.J. L63 6.03.2002)

Council Decision 2003/659/JHA amending decision 2002/187/JHA (budgetary aspects)

Council Decision 2009/426/JHA on the strengthening of Eurojust and amending Decision 2002/187/JHA (O.J. L138/14 4.06.2009)

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation ( COM(2013)535 17.07.2013) - to be published in November 2018 and to become applicable as of November 2019

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Mission��

Support and strengthen coordination and cooperation between national investigating and prosecuting authorities:

- serious crime/ involving 2 or more Member States

Facilitating judicial cooperation:

- mutual legal assistance/mutual recognition requests

Support otherwise the competent authorities to render their investigations/prosecutions more effective

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Eurojust competence

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Structure

College:

28 National Members; 1 per EU Member State
a status as a prosecutor, judge or representative of judicial authority with equivalent competences in accordance with the national law
supported by Deputies, Assistants

Operational and administrative support by Administration

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Operational tools

Coordination meetings (302 in 2017)

Coordination centers (17 in 2017)

Joint Investigations teams

Eurojust supported 200 JITs (35 % increase over 2016)
Third States were involved in 21 JITs

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Relations with other bodies/states

Cooperation with the European Judicial Network and other Union networks involved in judicial cooperation in criminal matters (EJTN, EJCN)

Relations with UE institutions, bodies and agencies (Europol, European Border and Coast Guard Agency …)

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External dimension

Relations with 3^rd States
Cooperation Agreements (9 and soon to be 10, after the entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement with Albania)

Liaison magistrates and/or Liaison Prosecutors (5)

45 contact points

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Eurojust Regulation

COM Legislative proposal in 2013

Establish a modern and renovated legal framework
Enable increase of efficiency and maintain current functions

« Lisbonisation » under Article 85 TFEU (co-decision):

Determine Eurojust's structure, operation, field of action and tasks by Regulation(s)
Determine arrangements for involving the European Parliament and the national Parliaments in the evaluation of Eurojust's activities

To be published in November 2018 and to become applicable in December 2019

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Some of the novelties

Governance reform: introduction of the Executive Board dealing with administration tasks
DP reform:

Revised rules on the protection of individuals with the regard to the processing of personal data (specific and general rules)

Co-operation with the EPPO

Rules on co-operation between Eurojust and the EPPO

External relations:

Negotiations of operational agreements to be done by the Commission after the mandate from the Council