EU Legislation
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders
On 14 November 2018, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Regulation on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, pursuant to Article 82(1) TFEU .
The Regulation replaces Framework Decisions 2003/577/JHA and 2006/783/JHA for the Member States that are now bound by it. The Regulation complements the Directive 2014/42/EU: as the Commission holds in the...
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating money laundering by criminal law
On 23 October 2018, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Directive on combating money laundering by criminal law, pursuant to Article 83(1) TFEU. This new directive replaces the...
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as regards cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), established in 1999, was entrusted with the task to carry out administrative investigations against fraud and any other illegal activity affecting the...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters (e-evidence)
In 2015, in the ‘European Agenda for a Security Union’, the Commission highlighted the issue of access to electronic evidence and a year later, committed to propose solutions to address the...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration)
Following on from the recommendations of the high-level expert group on information systems and interoperability, the European Commission tabled, in December 2017, the Commission's Proposal for a...
Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems AND Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems and amending other regulations
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum and...