The European Public Prosecutor’s Office

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Leendert Erkelens

   Pages 1-8

3. Presentation of the Main Features of the Proposed EPPO

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Presentation of the Commission’s Proposal on the Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

      • Vera Alexandrova

      Pages 11-20

   3. The European Commission’s Legislative Proposal: An Overview of Its Main Characteristics

      • Michèle Coninsx

      Pages 21-38

4. From Eurojust to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office: A Reversal of Constitutional Perspective?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Is the Commission Proposal for a European Public Prosecutor’s Office Based on a Harmonious Interpretation of Articles 85 and 86 TFEU?

      • Ben Smulders

      Pages 41-51

   3. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office: Certain Constitutional Issues

      • Katalin Ligeti, Anne Weyembergh

      Pages 53-77

   4. European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Eurojust: ‘Love Match or Arranged Marriage’?

      • Catherine Deboyser

      Pages 79-97

5. Administrative Structure, Judicial Review and Jurisdiction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Some Explorations into the EPPO’s Administrative Structure and Judicial Review

      • Arjen Meij

      Pages 101-119

   3. Search and Seizure Measures and Their Review

      • Jan Inghelram

      Pages 121-137

   4. The Choice of Forum by the European Public Prosecutor

      • Martin Wasmeier

      Pages 139-161

6. Operational Foundations of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. The European Public Prosecutor: Issues of Conferral, Subsidiarity and Proportionality

      • Kai M. Lohse

      Pages 165-182

   3. A Disappointing First Draft for a European Public Prosecutor’s Office

      • Marta Pawlik, André Klip

      Pages 183-192

7. How Feasible is Enhanced Cooperation for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Establishing Enhanced Cooperation Under Article 86 TFEU

      • Julian J. E. Schutte

      Pages 195-208

   3. Implications of Enhanced Cooperation for the EPPO Model and Its Functioning

      • Szymon Pawelec

      Pages 209-227

8. Back Matter

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In 2013 the European Commission launched its legislative proposal to create a European Public Prosecutor’s Office. The proposal provoked fierce debates, politically as well as on the academic level. Many national parliaments opposed and submitted formally their grievances to the Commission. Negotiations on the proposal between Member States are still ongoing. The T.M.C. Asser Instituut held the first international conference on this unprecedented proposal. This book reflects the main results of that conference. It provides a concise background of and reasoning for the introduction of this new EU body entrusted with far reaching judicial powers disclosing important legal and policy implications. Within its hitherto limited scope the existing system of judicial cooperation between EU Member States will change fundamentally, directly affecting the functioning of national courts and public prosecutions offices. How will this evolve? This book will help answering fundamental questions involved.

• Conferral of competences
• Eurojust
• European Public Prosecutor's Office
• Judicial review
• Subsidiarity and proportionality

• EU Law, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands

  L. H. Erkelens, A.W.H. Meij, M. Pawlik

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