The University of Luxembourg celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) by organising, in collaboration with the EPPO, the Conference “EPPO the way forward: new potentials and challenges”. For the very first time, speakers from the EPPO and academic experts came together to discuss the level of implementation of the EPPO Regulation in the Member States based on the – still pending – assessment study launched by the Commission.
Prof. Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the FDEF introduces European Public Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi
Furthermore, after two years of operation, the Conference showed that the status of the EPPO remains an open question; the extension of the EPPO’s material scope of competence to crimes other than crimes against the financial interests of the EU such as environmental crime, the violation of Union restrictive measures and corruption is already on the table albeit with some reluctance; and despite the challenges, the EPPO is evolving to a global actor in the fight against PIF crimes (crimes against the financial interests of the European Union).
Session I, EPPO Regulation: ‘implementation’ in the Member States, begins with remarks from panel chair, Peter Csonka
Finally, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, Michael Anthony Collins gave an inspiring keynote speech on the role of the CJEU in EPPO proceedings, and the STEPPO (the Jean Monnet Module of the University Bicocca of Milan) presented its VR tool to experience the EPPO.
Around 80 participants attended the two-day, in-person conference