On Wednesday 14 December, the Czech Presidency of the EU Council reached a second agreement with the European Parliament regarding the ‘modernisation of justice’ package, this time on the regulation on the exchange of information in terrorism cases.
The regulation creates a modernised management and storage system for information on terrorism cases. It also involves the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) more in investigations, as Member States will have to provide it with all information on their investigations into terrorist offences.
Eurojust will thus be better able to detect links between certain transnational investigations. The new exchange system will replace the European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register, which is no longer adequate and does not allow for effective cross-referencing.
Two days earlier, the regulation creating a collaboration platform for joint investigation teams (JITs) was also agreed (see EUROPE 13083/19). The two remaining texts of the ‘modernisation of justice’ package, on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation in cross-border cases, are only at the general approach stage in the EU Council (see EUROPE 13082A24). (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)