How Spain's delegation to EurojustEurojust A European Union agency that coordinates the judicial authorities of member countries against serious crime. and judicial cooperation work

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1. Spain's delegation to Eurojust must include, at a minimum, a national member, a substitute national member and an assistant. The national member is appointed for four years, renewable once, from judges or prosecutors with at least fifteen years of service.
2. The national member can receive and transmit judicial cooperation requests, correct errors in them and ask for complementary measures. Other powers, such as executing requests or authorizing controlled deliveries, can only be proposed to the Spanish authorities, who decide.
3. A national coordination system is created, with national correspondents, a national coordinator and network contact points, so information reaches Eurojust quickly and securely. Authorities have ten days to answer requests and one month to send mandatory information to Eurojust.
4. If Spain and another EU country are investigating the same person for the same acts, the Spanish authority must contact the other country's authority within fifteen days. If there is no agreement on who will prosecute, the judge can request a non-binding opinion from Eurojust and decides based on criteria such as the place of the acts or the suspect's residence.
5. The law regulates contact points of international judicial cooperation networks, with mandatory annual statistics, and adds a specific chapter on Ministry of Justice staff abroad, such as liaison judges.
6. The law repeals the previous Law 16/2006 and takes effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette. It does not increase personnel spending.

Who it affects

• Judges, magistrates and prosecutors: They must cooperate with Eurojust, share information within set deadlines and resolve jurisdictional conflicts with other EU countries.
• The Ministry of Justice: It appoints the national member, correspondents and contact points, and supports the national coordination system.
• The State Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General del Estado): It receives and processes many of the requests and information sent to Eurojust.
• People investigated or charged in several countries: Rules apply to prevent them from being prosecuted twice for the same acts in different member states.

Words worth knowing

Eurojust

A European Union agency that coordinates the judicial authorities of member countries against serious crime.

Miembro nacional (national member)

A judge or prosecutor who represents Spain at Eurojust and heads its delegation.

Conflicto de jurisdicción (jurisdictional conflict)

A situation where two or more countries could prosecute the same person for the same acts and it must be decided who will do so.

Entrega vigilada (controlled delivery)

A police technique that allows an illegal shipment to pass while it is monitored to identify those responsible.

Reconocimiento mutuo (mutual recognition)

A system by which a court decision from one EU country is enforced in the others.

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