Judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Combating child sexual abuse online

Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material. Recast

Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”)

Personal data protection: processing of data for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or execution of criminal penalties, and free movement of data

Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters

Combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography

EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)

Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards

Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation

Asset recovery and confiscation

Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters

Countering money laundering by criminal law

Implementation of Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography

Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders

Justice programme 2028-2034

European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

Criminal proceedings: strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial

Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation

Centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN system)

Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims

Investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations

Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures

Implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime

Justice programme 2021–2027

Asylum: Eurodac system for the comparison of fingerprints of third-country nationals or stateless applicants; requests for comparison with Eurodac data. Recast

Law enforcement information exchange

Implementation of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: combating attacks against information systems

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right to information in criminal proceedings

Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and right to communicate upon arrest

Shaping the EU's position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims

Computerised system for communication in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings (e-CODEX system)

Review of the European Arrest Warrant

Freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU

European Investigation Order in criminal matters. Initiative Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Austria, Slovenia and Sweden

European Protection Order. Initiative Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Finland and Sweden

Strengthening Europol’s mandate: entry of alerts in SIS

Judicial cooperation: transfer of proceedings in criminal matters

Justice Programme 2014-2020

Legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings

Digital information exchange in terrorism cases

Evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law

Criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive)

Protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law

Conditions for accessing the other EU information systems

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings. Initiative Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Finland and Sweden

EU approach on criminal law

Development of an EU criminal justice area

European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS): exchange of information on third country nationals

Judicial cooperation: procedural rights of persons and the application of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions rendered in the absence of the person concerned at the trial. Initiative Slovenia, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Germany. Framework Decision

Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings: legal representatives directive

Centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN)

Strengthening of Eurojust. Initiative Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden

European evidence warrant for the purpose of obtaining objects, documents and data for use in proceedings in criminal matters. Framework Decision

Fight against terrorism: processing and protection of personal data in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Framework Decision

World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. Framework Decision. Initiative Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden

Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law