(1)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) establishes the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and sets out its tasks, competence and functions.

(2)

To store all operational personal data securely, Eurojust established a case management system composed of temporary work files and an index. Through the case management system, national members of Eurojust exchange all case-related information securely and in compliance with the applicable data protection rules. Pursuant to Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727, Eurojust is not permitted to establish any other automated data file to process operational personal data.

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2023/2131 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) amended Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 to provide the legal framework for a modernised case management system (the ‘new case management system’). The new case management system is to integrate and enable the functionalities of the European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register and improve Eurojust’s ability to identify links between cross-border judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences and information processed at Eurojust relating to other cases of serious crimes while taking full advantage of existing national and Union mechanisms for comparing biometric data.

(4)

The deadline for setting up the new case management system is 1 December 2025 (the ‘deadline’). However, due to external factors and the complexity of the migration, Eurojust will not be able to set up the new case management system by the deadline. It is therefore necessary to allow Eurojust to continue to use the case management system composed of temporary work files and an index until the new case management system is set up.

(5)

To allow Eurojust to test and ensure the operationality and interoperability of the new case management system in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/903 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and to migrate the data from the case management system composed of temporary work files and an index to the new case management system, it is necessary to extend the deadline.

(6)

In order to migrate the data from the case management system composed of temporary work files and an index to the new case management system and to verify the accuracy of the migrated data, Eurojust should be able to maintain the case management system composed of temporary work files and an index after the new case management system has become operational, but not beyond 1 December 2027. The extension of the deadline by two years should provide Eurojust with sufficient time to finalise the setting up of the new case management system, while limiting the period within which the duplication of operational personal data is, exceptionally, permitted.

(7)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

(8)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

(9)

The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and delivered an opinion on 22 April 2025,