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Eurojust (also spelled capitalised as EUROJUST) is an agency of the European Union (EU) dealing with judicial co-operation in criminal matters. The seat of Eurojust is in The Hague. Established in 2002, it was created to improve handling of serious cross-border and organized crime by stimulating investigative and prosecutorial co-ordination among agencies of the EU Member States. Eurojust is composed of a College formed of 28 National Members—experienced judges, prosecutors, or police officers of equivalent competence from each EU Member State. The terms and duties of the members are defined by the state that appoints them. Eurojust also co-operates with third states and other EU bodies such as the European Judicial Network, Europol, and OLAF. ==History== Eurojust was established as a result of a decision that the European Council of Tampere (15–16 October 1999) made to set up a permanent judicial co-operation unit in order to improve the fight against serious crime.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/summits/tam_en.htm )〕 The Treaty of Nice amended the Treaty on the European Union to include a reference to Eurojust.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/12001C/htm/C_2001080EN.000101.html )〕 On 14 December 2000, a precursor organization called Pro-Eurojust was created by the Council of the European Union to permit prosecutors to test the Eurojust processes. It began operating in Brussels on 1 March 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/about.htm )〕 The terrorist attacks in the U.S. in September of that year demonstrated strongly the need for international cooperation, speeding the development of Eurojust, which was then established in February 2002 by Council Decision 2002/187/JHA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EUR-Lex - 32002D0187 - EN )〕 The new organization settled in The Hague on 29 April 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:42004D0097:EN:NOT )〕 Since its establishment, Eurojust has focused heavily on forging international co-operation agreements and building out international contact points, including the basing at Eurojust of several liaison prosecutors (Norway and the USA).〔 In addition to these three nations, it has co-operation agreements with Europol, OLAF, CEPOL, the European Judicial Training Network, UNODC, Iber-RED,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iberred.org )〕 Iceland, Croatia (before they entered the European Union on the 1st of July 2013, thus joining EUROJUST), Switzerland, and Macedonia.〔 The New Council Decision on the Strengthening of Eurojust was signed on July 2008 to enhance Eurojust's cooperation with partners and third States and to generally strengthen its operational capabilities.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eurojust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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