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The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) is honoured to invite judges of the European Union to judges@europe, a forum built upon the Council Conclusions “Boosting Training of Justice Professionals” of 8 March 2021 calling the European Commission to support the existing European networks to promote and enhance the dialogue among judges.

On the 24th of February, the EJN met in the context of the 43rd EJN Regular meeting under the French Presidency of the Council of the EU. The meeting was organized in a hybrid format and gathered approximately 50 participants from EU Member States, Candidate Countries and EJN Associate countries.

On 11 February 2022, Mr. Thomas Lamiroy, Federal Magistrate and Mr. Kris Van Opdenbosch of Federal Service Justice, EJN Contact Points for Belgium, held a meeting with Mr. Jumpon Phansumrit, Director General of the International Affairs Department of the Office of the Attorney General of Thailand, EJN Contact Point for Thailand, and his Thai staff.

On 16 December 2021 the CJEU delivered a judgment in the case C-724/19 providing the interpretation of Article 2 (c)(i), Article 6 and Article 9(1) and (3) the EIO Directive.

Focus: Protection of the EU's Financial Interests in the Current Multiannual Financial Framework

EJN is cooperating with Confederation of European Probation with regard to the Framework Decisions on probation measures and alternative sanctions (2008/947/JHA) and on Supervision Order (2009/829/JHA).

Europol, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network publish today the third annual edition of the SIRIUS European Union Digital Evidence Situation Report. This year, the report goes beyond a comprehensive status update by including an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access of EU authorities to electronic evidence held by foreign-based online service providers (OSPs) in 2020.

On 11 November 2021 the CJEU rendered a judgment in the case C-852/19 which is the second time the court provides the interpretation of the Directive 2014/41/EU on the European Investigation Order (EIO) in the criminal proceedings against Ivan Gavanozov.

On 16 November 2021, the CJEU, delivered judgment on case C-479/21 Governor of Cloverhill Prison and Others, concluding that the provisions in the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement concerning the European arrest warrant/surrender regime with respect to the UK and the provision in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK concerning the new surrender mechanism are binding on Ireland.

Last November 5th a regional meeting took place, in Aveiro, Portugal, organised by the Portuguese contact points of the EJN. Besides the presence of the national contact points, twenty two regional Prosecutors, two members of the Eurojust Portuguese desk - one of them is also an EJN contact point; a contact point from France and another one from Spain participated.

The latest edition of the ECLAN Newsletter is now available.

Under the Slovenian Presidency, on 18-19 October 2021 took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia the 57th Plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network.

The meeting of the Polish EJN Contact Points, which took place in the premises of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, was also attended by the Secretary to the EJN Mr. Ola Löfgren and the liaison prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service to Poland Mr. Kiernan Cunningham.

The meeting dealt with the misinformation and misunderstandings in the context of filing the EAW forms and illuminated the crucial problems in the different member states. Guests from Austria, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland presented numerous interesting individual cases and sensitised our awareness of the particular national needs regarding the information to approve a surrender.

On 17 September 2021, the 13th National Correspondents Meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place under the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, gathering in the online environment 16 participants from the EU Member States and the representatives of the EJN Secretariat.