Academic Projects in EU Criminal Law

Background information As cross-border crime grows, international and transnational criminal justice is often confronted with situations where various States have legitimate jurisdiction over the same case. This can result in both positive and negative conflicts of jurisdiction. Traditionally the exercise of jurisdiction was usually limited by a State’s territory. Today however it extends...

Minimum sanctions are understood as minimum levels of fines and imprisonment that should be imposed by a court when a person is held liable for a criminal offence. The study is concentrating on...

On 17 June 2013, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) requested a European Added Value Assessment (EAVA) to support its work on the legislative initiative report of...

A comparative study on penalties in drug trafficking cases.

The objectives of this study are to provide the Commission with: (1) Updated information on the legally binding rules adopted by the Member States to fight against "public provocation to commit...

Aims of the project : 1) to promote the mutual knowledge of Member State’s legal and judicial systems and the Developing of a European judicial culture; 2) to increase the knowledge amongst legal...

The protection of the financial interests (hereafter: PIF) of the European Union (hereafter: EU) is an important priority for the European Commission (hereafter: Commission). The Commission has...