L’Unité de coopération judiciaire de l’Union européenne (Eurojust) et l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) ont signé un protocole d’accord au Bureau européen d’appui en matière d’asile (EASO) à La Valette (Malte), le 3 novembre.

Mme Michèle Coninsx, présidente d’Eurojust, et M. Morten Kjaerum, directeur de la FRA, ont signé le protocole d’accord durant la réunion des agences de l’UE chargées de la justice et des affaires intérieures, qu’accueillait l’EASO. Était également présent M. Klaus Rackwitz, directeur administratif d’Eurojust.

Le protocole d’accord fut approuvé par le Conseil de l’Union européenne le 8 octobre 2014. Il vise à établir, à définir, à encourager et à renforcer la coopération entre les deux agences. Dans le cadre de ce protocole, les agences créent des points de contact afin de coordonner les activités de coopération, et peuvent échanger des informations stratégiques et techniques.

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Ms Michèle Coninsx, the President of Eurojust, and Mr Morten Kjaerum, the FRA Director, signed the MoU during the meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies which is being hosted by EASO. Also in attendance was Mr Klaus Rackwitz, Administrative Director of Eurojust.

On 8 October 2014, the Council of the European Union approved the MoU. Its purpose is to establish, define, encourage and improve cooperation between the two agencies. Under the MoU, the agencies establish contact points to coordina

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From 1 November 2014, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s jurisdiction changed. This is as a result of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. He now has an extended role in relation to care homes, domiciliary care and palliative care services.

The Ombudsman has always been able to consider complaints made by individuals whose care has been arranged by public services (or by someone acting on their behalf), for instance in care homes. The new arrangements, however, now mean that he can also consider complaints from people who arrange and fund their own care.

In respect of independent palliative care services, this is a new area in jurisdiction. In this case, in order for the Ombudsman to be able to consider a complaint, the service must have received public funding (e.g. from a health board or council) in the past three years prior to the matter being complained about.

Further information about complaining about these services are available in the booklet here.

Lettre n°12 - novembre 2014