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Welcome
Eurojust: co-operation or integration in cross-border
prosecutions?
Implementation of Articles 85 and 86 TFEU
IALS 12 December 2011
Aled WilliamsPresident of Eurojust
National Member for the UK
Outline
Eurojust:between cooperation and integration
Articles 85 and 86
Evidence?
Cooperation/integration
Cooperation • Mutual legal assistance • Mutual recognition
Integration• Lisbon....Articles 85 and 86• Mutual recognition
What is Eurojust?
Europe’s Judicial Co-operation Unit [TEU Art 29]
Established 2002: judges, prosecutors, police officers (1 per 27 MS)
Serious cross-border crime affecting EU: 200/1400
Cooperation/integration: MS and COM
MS: Prosecutors, judges, police 40
SNE: Ditto 15
COM: Staff 215
C/I: MS and COM
Income……………………… c.32m euros
2011……………………………c.35m euros
2010 Eurojust Europol
Personnel 270
(40 + 15)
700
(130)
COM Budget€ 33m 93m
C/I: wording
“to improve cooperation between the competent national authorities with regard to investigations and prosecutions in relation to serious crime, particularly when it is organised, involving two or more Member States; Pro Eurojust 2000
C/I: wording
“ Eurojust’s mission shall be to support and strengthen coordination and cooperation between national investigating and prosecuting authorities...”
TFEU 85.1
C/I:Eurojust Decision
Opinions
Powers in urgent cases
Joint Investigation Teams
Information exchange
C/I:opinions, powers
Eurojust College “written non-binding opinions” • conflicts of jurisdiction• recurrent refusals or difficulties in judicial
cooperation
“provided the matter could not be resolved through mutual
agreement between the competent national authorities
concerned.” Eurojust Decision Art.7
National member powers in urgent cases• controlled deliveries• execute mutual recognition instruments
Art.9d
C/I: JITs
Funding
“National members … shall be invited to
participate in any JIT involving their MS and
for which Community funding is provided...”
Article 9f
2.3m euros + 37 JITs supported October 2010-
November 2011:
UK biggest participant and recipient
C/I Information exchange
“The competent authorities of the Member States shall exchange with Eurojust any information necessary for the performance of its tasks...” Eurojust Decision Article 13Consequences for non-compliance?
Co-operation or integration?
Article 85: Eurojust co-operation ?
Article 86: EPPO integration ?
C/I :Articles 85/86
“formal acts of judicial procedure shall be carried out by the competent national officials.” 85.2
“It [EPPO] shall exercise the functions of prosecutor in the competent courts of the Member States in relation to such offences.” 86.2
Arts 85 and 86:Timing
Article 85 TFEU …………Proposal 2012
Article 86 TFEU………….Proposal 2013
Article 85 elements
Initiation of criminal investigations
Conflicts of jurisdiction
Structure
Parliamentary evaluation
Art.85 :Initiation of criminal investigations?
Recommend
Order
Investigate
2 step approach?
Article 85: regulate Eurojust 2012
• Investigate + propose prosecution=
EPPO?
• Structure and Parliamentary evaluation
Article 86: EPPO 2013
“to combat crimes affecting the financial interests of the Union, the Council..may establish a European Public Prosecutor’s Office from Eurojust.”
9/27…other crimes unanimity
EPPO proposal..2013
Evidence?
“Gardening leave”
“Dumb insolence”
Evidence: Commission annual report re 2010
Reported suspected expenditure fraud
Expenditure irregularities
2010 478m 1.8bn
2009 180m 1.4bn
Irregularity and fraud
Irregularity
is any infringement of an EU provision ..prejudicing the
EU’s financial interests.
Fraud
irregularity committed intentionally with the intention of
illicit gain which constitutes a criminal offence.
OLAF REFERRALS TO MS FOR “JUDICIAL ACTION”
1999 - 2011 UK Germany France Denmark
Cases in 12 years
44 392 98 16
Convictions in 12 years
13 186 42 3
EVIDENCE: CASES REFERRALS
Cases referred to national authorites by OLAF
Cases referred
to OLAF by ECA
Cases referred to Eurojust by OLAF
2010 43 (18 month period)
5 5
12 months to May 2009
36 3 1
Evidence?
• Conflict of jurisdiction cases at Eurojust?
• Article 6 : unknown
• Article 7 (College) 2002-12: 6
• OLAF cross-border cases: unknown
ICC and EUROJUST