Review article

How Independent Is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office "de facto"?

Matko Pajčić ; Faculty of Law, University of Split, Spilt, Croatia

Abstract

With the adoption of Regulation 2017/1939, the European Union
created a legal framework for the creation of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office that will prosecute criminal offences against the financial interests of the European Union. In a number of issues that arise in connection with the forthcoming operation of this new EU body, one of the most important is certainly the issue of its independence. The
paper first presents some observations on the independence of the State
Attorney’s Office in national legal systems, and then analyses the independence of the EPPO itself. The position of the EPPO in relation to
other EU bodies, and in particular in relation to the Member States, is particularly emphasised. In order to try to answer the question of the independence of the EPPO as a whole, it is necessary to consider interrelationships within the EPPO itself, and between the central (European) and national (European Delegated Prosecutor) levels.

Keywords

European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO); independence of prosecutors; European criminal law; protection of financial interests of the European Union

Hrčak ID:

244907

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/244907

Publication date:

15.10.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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