EU Member States are expected to adopt a decision to extend the list of European offences (‘euro-crimes’) to include the violation of sanctions at the Environment Council on 24 October, Czech minister for justice Pavel Blazek and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders confirmed in Luxembourg on Thursday 13 October.
Then the Commission can submit its proposal for a directive “directly afterwards”, Mr Reynders told EUROPE, as the text is ready. The Council of the EU was...