European Public Prosecutor’s Office

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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is an independent EU body responsible for investigating, prosecuting, and bringing to judgment crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests, such as fraud, corruption, and cross-border VAT fraud.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union body ⓘ
independent public prosecution authority ⓘ
prosecution office ⓘ
canConduct criminal investigations ⓘ
prosecutions before national courts ⓘ
chiefProsecutorStartDate 2019-10-31 ⓘ
cooperatesWith Eurojust ⓘ
Europol ⓘ
national judicial authorities of participating Member States ⓘ
currentChiefProsecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi ⓘ
dateBecameOperational 2021-06-01 ⓘ
dateEstablished 2017-11-12 ⓘ
goal protect the financial interests of the European Union ⓘ
handlesCrimeType corruption affecting the EU budget ⓘ
cross-border VAT fraud ⓘ
fraud affecting the EU budget ⓘ
misappropriation of EU funds ⓘ
money laundering related to EU funds ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.eppo.europa.eu ⓘ
hasOrgan College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
European Chief Prosecutor ⓘ
European Delegated Prosecutors ⓘ
European Prosecutors ⓘ
Permanent Chambers ⓘ
headquartersCountry Luxembourg ⓘ
headquartersLocation Luxembourg City ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
language multilingual ⓘ
legalBasis Article 86 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 ⓘ
mandateScope criminal offences affecting the EU budget ⓘ
nonParticipatingMemberStates Denmark ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Ireland

Poland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
other EU Member States that have not joined enhanced cooperation ⓘ
officialName European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
operatesThrough European Delegated Prosecutors in participating Member States ⓘ
oversightBy European Parliament and Council of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 ⓘ
participatingMemberStatesCount 22 ⓘ
participatingMemberStatesType enhanced cooperation ⓘ
partOf area of freedom, security and justice of the European Union ⓘ
responsibleFor bringing to judgment crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests ⓘ
investigating crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests ⓘ
prosecuting crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests ⓘ
shortName EPPO ⓘ
structureType decentralised prosecution office ⓘ
typeOfIndependence operationally independent from EU institutions and national authorities ⓘ

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Eurojust → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
European Public Prosecutor’s Office → officialName → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
European Public Prosecutor’s Office → hasOrgan → European Prosecutors ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
European Public Prosecutor’s Office → hasOrgan → European Delegated Prosecutors ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
European Anti-Fraud Office → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Prosecutor General of Poland → cooperatesInternationallyWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office (within applicable scope) ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
EPPO → fullName → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
EPPO → abbreviationOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 → establishes → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Permanent Chambers → partOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
European Chief Prosecutor → partOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
European Chief Prosecutor → headOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Laura Codruța Kövesi → employer → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Laura Codruța Kövesi → memberOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
OLAF → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office → partOf → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office → canSetUp → Permanent Chambers within the European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Eurojust College → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Eurojust National Member → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
Swedish Prosecution Authority → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office (for relevant offences) ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Public Prosecution Service of Belgium → cooperatesWith → European Public Prosecutor’s Office (for relevant offences) ⓘ
linked to: European Public Prosecutor’s Office