This Report on the operation of the European Judicial Network has been elaborated in accordance with Article 13 of the Council Decision 976/JHA of 16 December 2008 on the European Judicial Network.

In more than 12 years of existence, the European Judicial Network (EJN) has proved to be an efficient tool for facilitating and improving judicial co-operation in criminal matters within the area of freedom, security and justice of the European Union.

The activities of the EJN Contact Points as “active intermediaries” have helped the judicial authorities from the Member States and candidate countries to solve problems occurred in criminal cases with foreign elements that required international co-operation. However, these activities had not really been quantified at EU level until now, because the EJN Contact Points have carried out their EJN tasks in addition to their normal functions as judges, prosecutors or officials of the Ministries of Justice.