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On 20 June 2018, the Council, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament, agreed on new rules concerning the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders. The new regulation aims to ensure the effective freezing and confiscation of criminal assets across the EU. This will contribute to making the EU more secure by combating the financing of crime, including terrorist activities.

On 10 April 2018 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-191/16 Pisciotti.

On 23 May 2018, representatives of the Council and the Parliament agreed on a new regulation on the handling of personal data by EU institutions and other EU bodies. The new rules are aligned with the general data protection regulation (GDPR) which enters into force on 25 May 2018.

On 20 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Grand Chamber, issued three judgments concerning the principle of ne bis in idem in criminal matters and, in particular the relation between administrative sanctions and criminal sanctions.

To make it easier and faster for law enforcement and judicial authorities to obtain the electronic evidence they need to investigate and eventually prosecute criminals and terrorists, the Commission proposed on 17 April 2018 new rules in the form of a Regulation and a Directive

On 21 March 2018, the 17th Tool Correspondents meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in The Hague. During this meeting, participants gathered under the Presidency of Bulgaria to discuss the current and future projects foreseen for the update and improvement of the EJN website.

Privacy and Surveillance in a Digital Era: Challenges for Transatlantic Cooperation and European Criminal Law, 17-18 May 2018 - Arts Two Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary, University of London

On 21 st February 2018, the 39 th Regular Meeting of the European Judicial Network took place in The Hague under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

EU funded LIVE_FOR project is pleased to invite you to our two workshops:

During the two Plenary Meetings of 2017 that took place under the Maltese and Estonian Presidencies, practitioners from the European Union (EU) discussed the practical application of Directive 2014/41/EU regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters (“EIO Directive”).

In addition to the general questionnaire on training of justice professionals on EU law launched on Friday 2 February (see below), there is a targeted questionnaire complementing the first one. This targeted questionnaire is intended for specialists of the European judicial training strategy.

On 23 January, Ms Maria João Almeida Gomes representing the EJN Secretariat, attended the 1st EuroMed Forum of Prosecutors General, hosted by the Office of the Spanish Prosecutor General, in Madrid.

The report focuses on the evaluation of OLAF Regulation No. 883/2013.

The deadline for applications is 12 February 2018.

Outcome of the 48th and 49th Plenary Meetings discussions

A Regional meeting of the EJN organised by Slovenia took place in Novi Sad, Serbia in October last year.