Abstract
In July 2013, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal for a regulation establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised, shortly thereafter, the first conference in which this proposal was discussed. The main point of departure for that conference was the idea that the establishment of the EPPO would be a step in the direction of bestowing the European Union with the exercise of criminal law competences. The conference focused on constitutional, institutional, legal and operational questions arising from that idea. These issues also comprised the main part of a book delivering the results of the 2013 EPPO conference.
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Commission 2013.
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TMC Asser Instituut 2013.
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Erkelens et al. 2015.
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A brief history of the EPPO is provided in Erkelens 2015.
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Supra note 3. Among many, many other comments on the proposal, see Caianiello 2013.
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Corpus Juris 2000.
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PIF Directive 2017. EPPO competences are to be determined through implementation by the Member States of this directive.
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Ibidem.
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French/German Common Position 2013 (of the 20th March) stating in the accompanying letter: ‘Nous pensons que la structure collégiale est à même de garantir l’efficacité opérationnelle et l’indépendance de ce Parquet européen, tout en assurant un ancrage fort en une vraie légitimité dans les États Membres.’
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EPPO partial general approach 2016. This draft text was published on 3 June 2016.
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T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Leiden University 2016. The organisers thank OLAF for a project grant helping to make this conference possible.
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EPPO Conference report 2016. This report provides a comprehensive summary of the Conference discussion.
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Press Release 184/17 (2017).
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Council of Europe 2000.
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European Court of Auditors 2015.
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The competence of the Commission to may discontinue pending legislation is laid down in Article 293(2) TFEU. See further Council v Commission, Case C-409/13. Among others, scrutinised by Ritleng 2016.
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Geelhoed, W., Erkelens, L.H., Meij, A.W. (2018). Introduction. In: Geelhoed, W., Erkelens, L., Meij, A. (eds) Shifting Perspectives on the European Public Prosecutor's Office. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-216-3_1
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