| Article | Quo Vadis, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office? |
|---|---|
| Authors | Blazhivskyi Ye. |
| Name of magazine | Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version) |
| Issue | 6 / 2015 |
| Pages | 52 - 59 |
| Annotation | Principle trends of establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in the EU are studied in the article. The activity of the expert group in the field of criminal law on the model document aimed at combating crimes against financial interests of the EU — Corpus Juris is analyzed. The latter includes both material and procedural provisions and is the first document that clearly stated the idea of establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. In particular, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is argued to be the basis for the criminal justice reform in the EU, with a view to effective protection of the EU financial interests. However, practically all the rules on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, as well as Article 86 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU determining its establishment, are only technical proposals or formal doctrinal approaches to settle specific issues. Summing up, the author raises the principle issue: are there any European standards for the activities of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the pending establishment of the single European Public Prosecutor’s Office? |
| Keywords | EU, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, Corpus Juris, financial interests of the EU, enhanced cooperation, the European standards of the activities of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. |
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