Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1114 of 23 July 2020 approving amendments to the Rules of Procedure of Eurojust

The amendments to the Rules of Procedure of Eurojust attached to this Decision are hereby approved.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure is hereby amended as follows: A new paragraph (13) is added: ‘In accordance with the requirements of the second paragraph of Article 5(2) of these Rules of Procedure, meetings of the College for the election of the President may be organised using technical means, including via video conference. These technical means shall allow for anonymous electronic voting by members of the College to safeguard confidentiality and for verification of their participation in that process. The other provisions of this article apply to these meetings mutatis mutandis’. Article 3 of the Rules of Procedure is hereby amended as follows: Paragraph 3 is replaced as follows: ‘The procedure for the election of the President in Article 2(3) to (13) of these Rules of Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election of the Vice-Presidents without prejudice to paragraph 4 of this article.’ Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure is hereby amended as follows: In paragraph 2, the following second paragraph is added: ‘In case of extraordinary events or circumstances beyond the control of the members of the College (force majeure) and when the College cannot meet under the requirements of this paragraph of the Rules of Procedure, the College may decide, in accordance with Article 7 of these Rules of Procedure, to organise its meetings using technical means, including via video conference. A decision of the College shall determine the duration of this measure. That decision of the College may be renewed in so far as the extraordinary events or circumstances (force majeure) persist. Such meetings of the College may be organised provided that the available technical means allow for the members of the College to be identified and participate in the discussions ensuring collegiality of deliberations. The provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of these Rules of Procedure apply to these meetings mutatis mutandis.’

These amendments to the Rules of Procedure of Eurojust shall enter into force on the date of their adoption. These amendments to the Rules of Procedure shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.