Table of Contents: I. Introduction: the state of play. – II. Background: a European patchwork. – III. Brexit: replicating the un-replicable. – IV. EU versus UK: opposing directions of travel. – V. EU-27: a new dawn for criminal law cooperation? – VI. Concluding remarks.
Abstract: This ...
Table of Contents: I. Access to electronic evidence as a new tool for criminal justice actors. – II. The importance of common procedural standards. – III. The EU’s contribution to the clarification of the applicable law. – III.1. EU Standards with a large territorial scope of application. – III.2. Negotiating a bilateral agreement with the United...
Table of Contents: I. The cumulative complexities of ETIAS. – II. ETIAS, element of a Global Information System. – II.1. Integration conditions. – II.2. The integration mechanisms. – III. ETIAS, element of a penal mechanism. – III.1. Differentiating the criminal and administrative functions of ETIAS. – III.2. Blurring of the penal and administrative...
Table of Contents: I. A new framework for the collection of electronic evidence in cross-border cases. – II. Preliminary considerations. – III. Privacy at risk? – IV. Towards a re-allocation of protective functions? – V. Conclusion.
Abstract: In April 2018, the Commission adopted a proposal for the...
Table of Contents: I. D’une procédure pénale nationale à une procédure pénale de l’Union européenne. – II. La proposition e-evidence: un compromis classique face à la diversité des procédures pénales au sein de l’Union européenne. – II.1. La fragmentation de la procédure pénale de l’Union européenne. – II.2. L’hétérogénéité des procédures...
Table of Contents: I. La nécessité d’une harmonisation accrue de la procédure pénale européenne. – II. L’existence de garanties protégeant les intérêts des États. – II.1. Un droit primaire garantissant l’efficacité des enquêtes. – II.2. Un droit dérivé garantissant le respect des droits nationaux. – III. L’émergence de garanties protégeant les...
Table of Contents: I. Le Parquet européen et le Ministère public de la Confédération suisse: deux institutions comparables. – II. Le Parquet européen et le Ministère public de la Confédération suisse: convergences et divergences. – II.1. Structure. – II.2. Compétence ratione loci. – II.3. Compétence ratione materiae. – II.4....
Table of Contents: I. A hybrid judicial actor entering the battlefield against EU fraud. – II. Brief overview of the EPPO’s relevant features. – III. The Belgian system of judicial inquiries. – IV. Is a judicial inquiry compatible with the EPPO Regulation? – IV.1. No unambiguous prohibition of judicial inquiries. – IV.2. Interpretation confirmed by...
Table of Contents: I. La création du Parquet européen: de réels enjeux pour la défense – II. La défense face à l’absence d’uniformité des garanties procédurales. – II.1. Les difficultés liées à la mosaïque de droits nationaux applicables – II.2. Les incertitudes liées au contrôle juridictionnel des actes du Parquet européen. – III. La défense face à...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Prison systems in the EU. – II.1. Human rights in detention. – II.2. Inconsistent and unsatisfactory detention conditions. – III. The need for EU action. – III.1. The centrality of fundamental rights in the AFSJ. – III.2. Aranyosi/Căldăraru: balancing between trust and rights? – IV. Improving...
Table of Contents: I. Economic and social rights and the European integration process. – II. Promoting economic and social rights within the internal market through the recognition of horizontal effects of the Charter: limits and caveats. – III. New challenges in the promotion of economic and social rights through the Charter’s effects in horizontal...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The one and the many European Commission(s): institutional coherence and functional fragmentation. – III. Economic governance: a new double-edged function. – III.1. The Commission in the post-crisis reform: a patchwork of functions. – III.2. The super-Olli Procedure: an EMU super Commissioner? – III.3. The...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The European Parliament: a lobbying target sui generis? – II.1. Specificities of lobbying in the EU. – II.2. Specificities of lobbying in the European Parliament. – III. The place of EP lobbying in EU primary law and EU parliamentary law. – III.1. The TEU and the TFEU. – III.2. The Charter of...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Shout out to wonderful commentators & peer reviewers. – III. Overview of the contributions. – III.1. Novel institutional approaches. – III.2. Novel (de-)centralised enforcement. – III.3. Future implications of fundamental rights protection. – III.4. New “solutions” to contemporary challenges. – III.5. The EU’s external...
European Papers is pleased to announce that the European Papers Jean Monnet Network Summer School - Gaetano Morelli Lectures (6th Edition 2021) "An International Law of the European Union?" will be held at the...
Abstract: Upon probably the last reference from the UK on Family Law, in SS (case C-603/20 PPU ECLI:EU:C:2021:231) the CJEU was asked to rule, on the application of art. 10 of Brussels II-bis where a child, formerly habitually resident in a Member State, is abducted to and becomes resident in a third State. This Insight....
Abstract: Records of electronic communication metadata allow detailed conclusions about habits of daily life, such as places of residence, activities carried out, or social relations. This data can therefore be useful in criminal investigations. The CJEU elaborated in case Prokuratuur (case C-746/18 ECLI:EU:C:2021:152) on the conditions of...
Abstract: Case C-398/19 Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin (Extradition vers l'Ukraine) introduces relevant developments to the case-law on extradition of Union citizens to third countries. The Court of Justice establishes that the rules defined in its previous case-law apply to a Union citizen who has acquired the nationality of a Member...
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many EU Member States to introduce unilateral and diverse travel restriction measures and border controls. European Treaties do allow the Member States to derogate from free movements on the grounds of public health, however, the imposition of inconsistent and diverse restrictions threaten the integrity...
