The European Public Prosecutor’s Office An extended arm or a Two-Headed dragon? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Erkelens, L. H. (Editor), Meij, A.W.H (Editor), Pawlik, M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; International criminal law.; International law.; European Law.; International Criminal Law.

 In July 2013 the European Commission launched its legislative proposal to create a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The proposal provoked fierce debates, politically as well as on the academic level. Many national parliaments opposed and submitted formally their grievances to the Commiss...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Presentation of the Commission’s proposal on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
• The Commission’s legislative proposal: an overview of its main characteristics
• Is the Commission proposal for a European Public Prosecutor's Office based on a harmonious interpretation of Articles 85 and 86 TFEU?
• Constitutional issues of multilevel prosecution by the European Public Prosecutor's Office from a Union perspective
• The European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Eurojust: ‘Love match or arranged marriage’?
• Some explorations into the EPPO’s administrative structure and judicial review
• Search and seizure measures and their review
• The choice of forum by the European Public Prosecutor
• Issues of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality
• European Public Prosecution’s Office: A far from perfect proposal
• Establishing enhanced cooperation under Article 86 TFEU
• Implications of enhanced cooperation for the EPPO model and its functioning.