Objective
This seminar aims to make legal practitioners familiar with the forthcoming European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), which will become fully operational by the end of 2020. Cooperation with the EPPO will become part of the practice of prosecutors, law enforcement and customs officials, judges as well as defence lawyers from all over the EU.
Key topics
- Scope and content of the PIF Directive
- Competences of the EPPO
- Cooperation with the EPPO in investigating PIF Offences
- Cooperation with non-participating Member states, third states, OLAF and Eurojust
- Prosecution under the EPPO
- Procedural safeguards
- Judicial review by national courts and the ECJ
Participation conditions
The number of places available for participants is limited and subject to an application procedure.
Spanish applicants who work for the prosecution service must apply for this event through CEJ.
Participants
should come from eligible EU Member States (UK and Denmark do not participate
in the Justice Programme 2014-2020)
Seminar participation fee
€200 including documentation, lunches and dinner.
Travel and accommodation
Travel costs up to €300 and two nights' hotel accommodation up to €105/night (13-15 March 2019) will be reimbursed by ERA upon receipt of the original receipts, tickets, boarding passes, invoices after the seminar. Participants are asked to book their own travel and accommodation.
These rules do not apply to representatives of EU Institutions and Agencies who should cover their own travel and accommodation.
Who should attend?
This conference is targeted at prosecutors, judges and defence lawyers from all eliglible EU Member States.