Eurojust Grants

• Author: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EU body or agency)
• Pages: 69-73

EUROJUST SINGLE PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT

Eurojust SPD 2020-2022 Last updated: 12-Dec-19 Pag e 69 of 73

XI. Eurojust Grants

Grants pertaining to financial assistance to joint investigation teams

 Legal Context and General Objectives

Providing technical and financial support to JITs is part of Eurojust’s mission to stimulate and

improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in cross-border criminal cases, as

defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 14 November 2018 on the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), and replacing

and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA (the ‘Eurojust Regulation’). The relevant BL for

this activity is BL 3720.

This is further specified in Article 4 of the EJR, pursuant to which Eurojust shall provide

operational, technical and financial support to Member States’ cross-border operations and

investigations, including to JITs.

According to Article 8(1)(d) of the EJR, Eurojust National Members shall have the power to

participate in JITs, including in their setting up and, according to Article 21(4), they shall be

informed by their competent national authorities of the setting up of JITs, and of the results of the

work of such teams, without undue delay.

JITs are a heavily promoted and efficient judicial cooperation tool. JIT grants enhance the use of

JITs by ensuring that financial and other organisational constraints linked to the cross-border

nature of a case do not hinder the establishment and operational needs of a JIT. A further benefit

comes from the ability of Eurojust, through its involvement in JITs and funding applications, to

gain valuable information on the operation, needs and effectiveness of JITs as a whole. This

information enables Eurojust to act as a central point of reference and to actively disseminate

valuable feedback to national authorities and other stakeholders.

To provide the best support to competent national authorities asking for financial assistance for

their JITs and avoid possible instances of double-funding, Article 64 of the EJR provides that

Eurojust and Europol shall jointly establish the rules and conditions upon which JIT funding

applications are to be processed.

 Action Grants

The grants provided under this heading co-finance cross-border investigative activities of JITs.

An overview of the exclusion, eligibility, selection and award criteria is provided below and will

be further detailed in the calls for proposals. Eurojust reserves the right to modify, add or remove

the below criteria if it considers such action necessary.

Type of

action

Grant award for an action

Financial

provisions

• Eurojust will financially support JITs with a total budget of € 1 942 000.

• A ceiling of € 50 000 has been set for each application

• No pre-financing payments will be available