The EPPO's legislative framework: Navigating through EU law, national law and soft law. Issue 1 (March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: De Matteis, Luca
• Other Names: Ligeti Katalin guest-editor.; Theodorakakou Georgia guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: New journal of European criminal law. Volume 14:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 17
• Publication Date: 2023-03
• Subjects: Criminal law -- European criminal justice -- European criminal law -- European institutions and bodies -- European public prosecutor's office; Criminal law -- Europe -- Periodicals; Criminal law -- Europe -- Cases; 345.4
• DOI: 10.1177/20322844231158317
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2032-2844

Abstract

The legal framework under which the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is called to operate is particularly complex, given the need for this body to exercise its functions in the legal systems of the Member States, applying both Union and national law. While this may justify the many references to national law contained in the EPPO's founding Regulation (2017/1939), several among these references present relevant interpretative issues, and may in some cases even have a misleading effect. The article aims at showing examples of these different scenarios. It also touches briefly on the relevance of soft law in the legal framework of the EPPO.