On Wednesday 19 June, the European Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová, and the US Attorney General, William Barr, launched negotiations on an EU-US agreement on cross-border access to electronic evidence held by a service provider in criminal proceedings (see EUROPE B12187A2).
At a meeting in Bucharest, on the margins of the meeting of EU and US Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, they noted the start of the discussions and agreed to meet in September to review progress,...