Brussels, 15/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European judicial Co-operation Unit (Eurojust) concluded on Tuesday an agreement protocol which determines the modalities of their future co-operation in matters of the fight against fraud, corruption, or any other criminal offence or illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the European Union. The agreement protocol, which makes provision for the practical details of this co-operation and the exchange of information between Eurojust and OLAF, provides for these two services to inform each other , without delay, of any information that concerns the other. It establishes contact points (notably the Magistrates Unit within OLAF), and sets out to ensure a better participation of the two services in joint investigation teams. " The jurisdiction of Eurojust extends also to fraud and to the corruption affecting the financial interests of the European Union, which underlines the necessity for close and regular co-operation with OLAF. This is the reason why it seemed useful to define in an agreement protocol the modalities of this co-operation between Eurojust and OLAF , in order to ensure a more efficient implementation of their common mission of protecting the financial interests of the EU", state both institutions in a communiqué. The negotiations, aimed at putting in place a general framework for this co-operation, got under way during the middle of the year 2002.