PERSPECTIVES ON EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE – A NEW BODY IN THE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PERSPECTIVES ON EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE – A NEW BODY IN THE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The perspectives on how to achieve the protection policy of EU’s financial interests from criminal point of view are presented in this study. More exactly, the perspectives on the new EU body which is going to become operational in a relatively short time are analysed, its establishment being decided through the (EU) Regulation 2017/1939 of the Council dated 12th October 2017, implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). Practically, starting from the analysis of the legal texts of the above mentioned Regulation, the following are highlighted in this study: the important role held by this EU body in the protection against criminal offences of EU’s financial interests, its material and territorial competences, its foreseen organization and its connections to other EU and national bodies and institutions of the EU Member States. The author’s conclusions on the establishment of this European Public Prosecutor's Office, on the role it is going to fulfil, as well as on the possibility to enlarge its competences and on the monitoring and sanctioning of other severe and with transnational impact criminal offences, are presented in the end.

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