Shifting Perspectives on the European Public Prosecutor's Office

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This book provides answers to the following questions. Is there a bright future aheadfor a European Public Prosecutor’s Office? If so, is the regulation establishing the officesufficiently clear and balanced to attain that goal? Moreover, will the office be able toeffectively fight fraud now damaging the EU's budget and will it respect the fundamentalrights of the parties involved? Included are issues ranging from EU substantive and procedural criminal law, combattingEU fraud, the distribution of competences in European law enforcement,EU fundamental rights, to forum choice. The book's aim is to inform academics,policy-makers and criminal law practitioners about key issues surrounding theattribution of prosecutorial powers to an entirely remodelled European Union body. Indoing so, it sheds light on this body, as fundamentally changed by the Council, whichwill undoubtedly have a greater impact on the European criminal justice system thanthe European Arrest Warrant ever did. Dr. Willem Geelhoed is Assistant Professor in criminal law and criminal procedureat the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Drs. Leendert H. Erkelensand Prof. Mr. Arjen W.H. Meij are both Visiting Research Fellow at the T.M.C. AsserInstituut in The Hague in The Netherlands, while the latter is also Honorary Professorat the University of Luxembourg. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Willem Geelhoed, Leendert H. Erkelens, Arjen W.H. Meij)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO): Introductory Remarks (John A.E. Vervaele)....Pages 11-19 EPPO—Developments Under the Presidency of The Netherlands (Marnix J. Alink, Nicholas D.A. Franssen)....Pages 21-26 European Public Prosecutor’s Office—A View on the State of Play and Perspectives from the European Parliament (Wouter van Ballegooij)....Pages 27-38 Front Matter ....Pages 39-39 The Establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office: Between ‘Better Regulation’ and Subsidiarity Concerns (Ester Herlin-Karnell)....Pages 41-57 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Human Rights (Valsamis Mitsilegas, Fabio Giuffrida)....Pages 59-98 A Blunt Weapon for the EPPO? Taking the Edge Off the Proposed PIF Directive (Rosaria Sicurella)....Pages 99-127 Ancillary Crimes and Ne Bis in Idem (Eric Sitbon)....Pages 129-140 Towards an Inconsistent European Regime of Cross-Border Evidence: The EPPO and the European Investigation Order (András Csúri)....Pages 141-153 Forum Choice and Judicial Review Under the EPPO’s Legislative Framework (Michiel Luchtman)....Pages 155-170 Relations Between the EPPO and Eurojust—Still a Privileged Partnership? (Anne Weyembergh, Chloé Brière)....Pages 171-186 Front Matter ....Pages 187-187 EPPO’s Raison d’Ȇtre: The Challenge of the Insertion of an EU Body in Procedures Mainly Governed by National Law (Hubert Legal)....Pages 189-191 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office: A Chronicle of a Failure Foreseen (Alex Brenninkmeijer)....Pages 193-197