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In 14 December 2000, the Council of the European Union formally
established a provisional judicial co-operation Unit with the name of Pro-Eurojust
to be Eurojust's forerunner. Its purpose was to be a sort of round table of prosecutors
from all member states to enable concepts of Eurojust to be tried and tested.
Pro-Eurojust started work on 1 March 2001.
Eurojust itself was established in 2002.
Who is
who in Eurojust?
The College of Eurojust is
now composed of 25 National Members, one nominated by each EU Member State.
The national members are senior, experienced prosecutors or judges; some
national members are supported by deputies and assistants.
On 1 May,
Eurojust welcomed ten new National Members from the accession states.
In June 2002 the National Members elected Michael Kennedy, who is the
National Member for the United Kingdom, as its President of the College. Ulrike Haberl-Schwarz (Austria)
and Roelof Jan Manschot (The Netherlands) have been elected as
Vice-Presidents. The College is supported by an administrative team, led by
the Administrative Director, Ernst Merz. Eurojust is now based in The Hague
following its move in December 2002 from temporary accommodation in Brussels.
This site has
been constructed and designed for your use and to provide information. We
hope you find it useful. Your comments and suggestions to help us to improve
the site in the future would be greatly appreciated. The site will provide
users with a range of material and information about Eurojust and related
issues as well as other material on topics such as recruitment procedures.
What
Is Eurojust Doing?
Eurojust
stimulates and improves the co-ordination of investigations and prosecutions
between competent authorities in the Member States. Eurojust takes in account
any request emanating from a competent authority of a Member State and
any information provided by any body competent by virtue of provisions
adopted within the framework of the Treaties.
Eurojust
improves co-operation between the competent authorities of the Member States,
in particular by facilitating the execution of international mutual legal
assistance and the implementation of extradition requests. Eurojust supports
the competent authorities of the Member States in order to render their
investigations and prosecutions more effective when dealing with cross border
crime.
By achieving
these objectives Eurojust will enhance co-operation and co-ordination between
national investigating and prosecuting authorities allowing all law
enforcement agencies to act more effectively, both individually and
collectively, when dealing with international crime and more importantly to
bring criminals to justice more quickly.
What
is Eurojust’s role?
Eurojust is
the first permanent network of judicial authorities to be established
anywhere in the world. Eurojust hosts meetings, with translation facilities,
between investigators and prosecutors from different states dealing with
individual cases and at a strategic level and specific types of criminality.
Eurojust fulfils a unique role as a new permanent body in the European legal
area. Its mission is to enhance the development of Europe-wide co-operation
on criminal justice cases.
This means
that Eurojust is a key interlocutor with the European institutions such as
the Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
Eurojust has
privileged partnerships with Liaison Magistrates, The European Judicial
Network and organisations such as the European police office (Europol) and
the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). Eurojust is a legal melting-pot from
which subsequent developments to strengthen the European judicial area will
be defined.
Web page: www.eurojust.eu.int
Source: http://ro.wikipedia.org,
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