Investigation measures

• Access to data for effective law enforcement ‒ Presidency report
• Artificial intelligence from a law enforcement perspective
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: A European terrorist finance tracking system (EU TFTS)
• Conclusions of the Council of the European Union on Retention of Data for the Purpose of Fighting Crime
• Council Conclusions and Action Plan on the way forward with regard to financial investigation
• Council conclusions on access to data for effective law enforcement
• Council Conclusions on Novel Actionable Information
• Council Decision (EU) 2023/436 of 14 February 2023 authorising Member States to ratify, in the interest of the European Union, the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence
• Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations in view of an agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on cross-border access to electronic evidence for judicial cooperation in criminal matters
• Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on joint investigation teams
• Council Recommendation of 25 April 2002 on improving investigation methods in the fight against organised crime linked to organised drug trafficking: simultaneous investigations into drug trafficking by criminal organisations and their finances/assets
• Council Recommendation of 25 June 2001 on contact points maintaining a 24-hour service for combating high-tech crime
• Council Recommendation of 28 September 2000 to Member States in respect of requests made by Europol to initiate criminal investigations in specific cases
• Council Recommendation of 8 May 2003 on a model agreement for setting up a joint investigation team (JIT)
• Council Resolution on Encryption - Security through encryption and security despite encryption
• Directive (EU) 2015/413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences
• Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
• Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA
• Directive (EU) 2022/211 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2022 amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data
• Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC
• Directive 2011/82/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
• Draft Framework Decision on the retention of data processed and stored in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or data on public communications networks for the purpose of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences including terrorism
• Effective criminal justice in the digital age - what are the needs
• Embracing new and disruptive technologies in internal security and justice with an EU Innovation Hub
• Encryption of Data
• Eurojust Memorandum on Battlefield Evidence - September 2020
• Green Paper on detection technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security authorities
• Judicial dimension of the fight against terrorism - Recommendations for action
• Next steps on Encryption
• Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) for law enforcement purposes
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain acts from the Schengen acquis
• Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 on European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal proceedings and for the execution of custodial sentences following criminal proceedings
• Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act)
• Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice
• Roadmap for lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement
• Schengen-acquis, including CISA
• The effect of Court of Justice of the European Union case-law on national data retention regimes and judicial cooperation in the EU