The Hague, 29 August 2019

The EU-wide Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register will enter into force next month. Its purpose is to strengthen and speed up judicial proceedings to combat terrorism and improve safety. The Counter-Terrorism Register will be managed by Eurojust, the EU Judicial Cooperation Unit, located in The Hague. To present the functioning of the Register, Eurojust invites you to a press conference on Thursday 5 September at 10.30 in the press room of the Council of the EU, Rue de la Loi 175, 1048 Brussels (Justus Lipsius), with the participation of:

• Mr Ladislav Hamran - President of Eurojust
• Mr Gilles de Kerchove – EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
• Sir Julian King - European Commissioner for the Security Union
• Mr Frédéric Baab – Former National Member for France at Eurojust, initiator of the Counter-Terrorism Register
• Mr Michael Schmid - Deputy Head of the Counter-Terrorism Team at Eurojust

Access with the EU interinstitutional press card or the Council 1-year summit badge 2019.

If you have none of the above, please send an e-mail to press.centre@consilium.europa.eu attaching a valid national press card (media cards not accepted) and/or an assignment letter and ID.

For further information:

Ton van Lierop
Eurojust Spokesman
00 31 70 412 5518
Mobile: 00 31 6 27194773
tvanlierop@eurojust.europa.eu

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