On Monday 4 June, the European justice ministers held their first-ever exchange of views on the proposals concerning electronic evidence, presented by the European Commission in April (see EUROPE 12003).
It emerges from the discussions that several member states wish to look into the possibility of extending the scope of application of the regulation (see EUROPE 12032), despite concerns that this will delay the adoption of the proposals.
As regards the interception of data in real time, most...