On 20 April, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi will present the results of the first seven months of the EPPO’s operations to the Budget Control and Civil Liberties committees.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is the new independent public prosecution office of the European Union. It is responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU.

These include several types of fraud, VAT fraud with damages above 10 million euro, money laundering, corruption, etc. The EPPO undertakes investigations, carries out acts of prosecution and exercises the function of prosecutor in the competent courts of the participating Member States, until the case has been settled.

Before only national authorities could investigated and prosecuted these crimes, but their powers stopped at the borders of their country. Organisations like Eurojust, OLAF and Europol do not have the necessary powers to carry out such criminal investigations and prosecutions.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is composed of two levels: the central level and the decentralised (national) level. The central level, with its headquarters in Luxembourg, consists of: the European Chief Prosecutor; 22 European Prosecutors (one per participating EU country), two of whom function as Deputies for the European Chief Prosecutor; and the Administrative Director. The decentralised level consists of the European Delegated Prosecutors (EDPs) in the 22 participating EU Member States.

The central level supervises the investigations and prosecutions carried out by the EDPs at the national level, which operate with complete independence from their national authorities. The EPPO officially started its operational activities on 1 June 2021

European Public Prosecutor's Office - EPPO

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures

CONT - LIBE  joint committee  - The Annual Report 2022 of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

LIBE - CONT joint Committee - The Annual Report of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with Laura KOVESI, European Chief Prosecutor

EP Plenary session - Urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office

LIBE committee meeting. - Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor Office. - Presentation of the state of play by Laura Codruta KÖVESI, EU Chief Prosecutor.

LIBE committee meeting. Follow-up to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants: Global Compact on Refugees and the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF).

The Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) Committee proposes amendments to Parliament’s rules of procedure to bring them in line with the mandate of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. The updated rules will expressly refer to the Chief Prosecutor’s ability to request that the immunity of sitting MEPs be waived. Extracts from the vote and statement by Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D, DE), Rapporteur.

Defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity: extracts from the vote and statement by Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D,DE), Rapporteur

The EP Conference of Presidents meets in the European Parliament in Brussels with the participation of Laura KÖVESI, European Chief Prosecutor. EU Public Prosecutor’s Office investigate crimes against the EU budget such as fraud, corruption or cross-border VAT fraud.

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with Laura KÖVESI, European Chief Prosecutor: arrivals and roundtable

During the plenary session (23-24 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on the urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). On 26 May 2021, the Commission adopted its Implementing Decision determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks. 1 June 2021 Is the starting date of the operational activities of the EPPO that will operate as an independent and decentralised office of the EU, with the competence to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross-border VAT fraud.

Urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (23-24 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on the urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). Closing statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Council of the EU and by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice. On 26 May 2021, the Commission adopted its Implementing Decision determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks. 1 June 2021 Is the starting date of the operational activities of the EPPO that will operate as an independent and decentralised office of the EU, with the competence to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross-border VAT fraud.

Urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office: closing statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Council of the EU and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

During the plenary session (23-24 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on the urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). Opening statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Council of the EU and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice. On 26 May 2021, the Commission adopted its Implementing Decision determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks. 1 June 2021 Is the starting date of the operational activities of the EPPO that will operate as an independent and decentralised office of the EU, with the competence to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross-border VAT fraud. This transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Urgent need to complete the procedures for nominations for the full functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office: opening statements by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Council of the EU and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Laura Codruţa KÖVESI, EU Chief Prosecutor, presents the state of play on establishing the European Public Prosecutor's Office, expected to be up and running by the end of this year, to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in association with the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) of the European Parliament, in Brussels.

Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor Office: extracts from the presentation of the state of play by Laura Codruţa KÖVESI, EU Chief Prosecutor

During the EP plenary session (2-5 October 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs are set to give the green light to stepping up judicial cooperation among 20 EU member states by establishing a European Public Prosecutor's Office. As an independent body, the Prosecutor’s Office will fight fraud and misuse of European funds. They debate and vote on the report Barbara MATERA (EPP, IT). Statements by Barbara MATERA (EPP, IT), Rapporteur,Vera JOUROVA, Member of the EC in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN (S&D, DE) and Louis MICHEL (ALDE, BE). The results are: 631 voters, 456 in favour, 115 against, 60 abstention.

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