EU Legislation
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC
On 15 December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law replacing Directive 2008/99/EC.
In addition, together with the proposal for a directive the European Commission adopted a Communication on stepping up the fight against environmental crime in order to explain the policy objectives of the...
Proposal for a Council Recommendation on operational police cooperation
On 8 December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Recommendation on operational police cooperation.
In general, the aim of the proposal is to:
clarify and...
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States, repealing Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA
On 8 December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818
On 8 December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a collaboration platform to support the functioning of Joint Investigation Teams and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1726
On 1st December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation establishing a collaboration platform to support the functioning of the Joint Investigation Teams and amending...
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the digitalisation of Judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters
On 1st December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and...
Proposals to enhance the digital information exchange in terrorism cases
On 1st December 2021, the European Commission adopted two proposals to effectively fight terrorism and other forms of serious cross-border crime: a proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation...