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The 49th Plenary of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place on 23 - 24 November in Tallinn, Estonia, under the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The EJN Secretariat has published on the EJN website five standardised forms for accompanying the procedure for enforcement of cross-border financial penalties as laid down by Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, agreed within the Working Party on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN) of the Council of the European Union.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (POHCCJ), Bucharest, Romania, is looking to contract 2 experts in international judicial cooperation in criminal matters within the project „Providing specialised training of LEA in the intense use of modern judicial cooperation tools - FIGHTERR”, financed by the European Commission.

On 18th October 2017, the 9th National Correspondents Meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in The Hague under the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Two recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union clarify the interpretation of the concept of trial resulting in the decision

A new handbook on How to Issue and Execute a European Arrest Warrant has been released by the European Commission.

- Regional Meeting, Paris, 22 September 2017

Finland organised a third regional meeting of the European Judicial Network on 21 and 22 September 2017 in Helsinki, at the premises of the Ministry of Justice.

On 5 and 6 October 2017 the 1st Regional and 7th National Meeting of the Contact Points of the European Judicial Network took place in Warsaw.

On 28 August 2017 the EJN Secretariat launched a new public area on the EJN website dedicated to the practical application of the Directive 2014/41/EU regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters

The CJEU clarified the margin of discretion that Member States have in transposing the provisions of Article 4(6) of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States

The 48th Plenary of the European Judicial Network took place from 29 to 30 June in Valletta under the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

On 16 May 2017, the 1st national meeting of the European Judicial Network Contact Points took place in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania with financial support from the EJN budget.

On 14 June 2017 the Centre for International Legal Assistance Amsterdam organised a conference on the topic of the EAW.

The 18th Annual Meeting of the German EJN Contact Points and 6th Annual EJN Regional Meeting in Berlin on May 9th, 2016 dealt with practical and legal problems concerning the implementation of the Directive 2013/48/EU of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings.

On 10 May 2017, a regional meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in Riga.