Eurojust and External Dimension of EU Judicial Cooperation

• Autores: Boštjan Škrlec
• Localización: Eucrim: the European Criminal Law Associations' fórum, ISSN 1862-6947, Nº. 3, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The External Dimension of JHA and PIF), págs. 188-193
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Eurojust – the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation – was first established by Council Decision 2002/187/JHA (Eurojust Decision). It is tasked primarily with the facilitation and coordination of criminal investigations and prosecutions of transnational crime in the countries that are members of the EU (Member States). However, effective criminal prosecution of most serious forms of trans-border crime may not depend only on judicial cooperation within the EU. Due to nature of this type of crime, third countries also have to be included if it is to be investigated and prosecuted in its entirety. This article describes how Eurojust, as an EU agency, can contribute to more effective judicial cooperation with non-Member States, what types of support it can provide, and on which legal bases the support can be provided. It describes the stage that development cooperation with third countries has reached since Eurojust became operational. This development now has to be continued under a new legal framework ‒ the new Eurojust Regulation ‒ bringing into play a new set of rules for Eurojust’s external relations with a much stronger role of the European Commission.