Mission
The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (Eurojust) supports judicial coordination and cooperation between national authorities in combating serious cross-border crime.
Eurojust
- coordinates investigations and prosecutions involving at least two countries
- provides support to solve conflicts of jurisdiction among national authorities
- facilitates the execution of European Arrest Warrants, European Investigation Orders, and confiscation and freezing orders
- provides support to the activities of Joint Investigation Teams (JITs)
- preserves, analysis and stores evidence relating to core international crimes and related offences
To do this, Eurojust
- holds coordination meetings
- funds and provides legal expertise and technical facilities to JITs
- gathers and disseminates knowledge and expertise about cross-border crimes and the best ways to counter them
Eurojust also hosts the Secretariats of the European Judicial Network, the Joint Investigation Teams Network and the Network for investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (Genocide Network).
Structure
Each Member State seconds one national member at Eurojust, who is assisted by one deputy and one Assistant. All national members sit in the College of Eurojust, together with one representative of the Commission when the College exercises its management functions. The College is assisted by an Executive Board, which is responsible for taking administrative decisions to ensure the proper functioning of Eurojust. The Executive Board is composed of the President and Vice-Presidents of Eurojust, one representative of the Commission and two other members of the College designated on a two-year rotation system. The Administrative Director attends the meetings of the Executive Board without the right to vote.
Legal Basis
Eurojust’s structure and functioning is regulated by Regulation (EU) 2018/1727.
On 1 December 2021, the Commission adopted an initiative on the digital information exchange in terrorism cases. The proposals aims at rendering the exchange of information between the national competent authorities and Eurojust and the European Judicial Terrorism Register more efficient.
On 25 April 2022, the Commission adopted an urgent proposal to amend the Eurojust Regulation to allow Eurojust to collect, preserve, analyse and exchange evidence related to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.