European Judicial Network
The European Judicial Network (EJN) is a "network of judicial contact points between the Member States" founded by the European Union in 1998 , which is intended in particular to improve the handling of requests for mutual assistance . There are also contact points in other countries such as Switzerland, Turkey and Norway.
Unlike Eurojust , the European Judicial Network does not have a central organization; the responsible officials at the national contact points in the Member States meet regularly. One meeting each year takes place in the country of the Council Presidency of the European Union and in The Hague. An independent secretariat for the EJN has been set up at Eurojust in The Hague.
In Germany, there is one contact point in each federal state at a public prosecutor's office and another one at the federal prosecutor's office and one at the federal office of justice.
Law enforcement authorities can use the EJN for all types of serious criminal offenses to facilitate the execution of their mutual legal assistance requests in other Member States. For this purpose, public prosecutors and courts, but also police officers or other law enforcement authorities, can contact their EJN contact point. This can then establish direct contact with the contact points in the other countries. English has become widely accepted as the working language, along with German and French; the contact points should have language skills in one language other than their own.
EJN also operates a website on which, among other things, the competent judicial authorities for every conceivable investigative measure across Europe, including the contact details, can be determined.
EJN for civil and commercial matters
In 2001 the European Community decided to set up a European Judicial Network for civil and commercial matters, which has a corresponding task in the area of civil justice (Arbeitsaufnahme 2002 ). It is responsible for:
- facilitating judicial cooperation between Member States in civil and commercial matters, including the design, gradual establishment and updating of an information system for the members of the network;
- the design, step-by-step implementation and updating of an information system for the public.
Web links
- Homepage of the EJN (English / French)
- Homepage of the EJN for civil and commercial matters
- Joint action 98/428 / JHA establishing a European Judicial Network
- Decision 2001/470 / EC on the establishment of a European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
