Conference on the Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) - "State of Play and Perspectives", Den Haag - Hoofdinhoud

Ever since the European Commission issued its legislative proposal, six consecutive EU Council Presidencies have been guiding negotiations on this flagship project in the policy Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). The time is ripe to examine the legislative drafts agreed between EU Member States at the end of the Dutch Presidency of the Council. Elements of the PIF directive related to the draft EPPO regulation will be discussed as well.

Presentations and discussions will be held on the implications of EPPO for the functioning of the AFSJ, the relevant agencies, the national prosecuting authorities, as well as for suspects and victims.

These include major issues of fundamental rights, procedural safeguards and judicial review in the multilevel setting of the proposed EPPO, as well as of the scope of its jurisdiction in relation to its counterparts of the Member States.

Key topics of debate will be:

Recap of the outcome of three years of negotiations on the legislative proposal;

Assessment of the available drafts in terms of legal quality and Better Regulation;

Substantive issues of EPPO’s legislative framework, also in relationship with the PIF directive; and

Procedural and institutional issues ensuing from the EPPO legislative framework.

Confirmed speakers include among others:

Prof. Dr John VERVAELE, Utrecht University, President of the AIDP

Mr Tom de BRUIJN, Alderman of the City of The Hague, Former Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to EU

Ms Dagmar FILLOVA, Criminal Law Legislation Division, Ministry of Justice of Slovakia

Mr Peter CSONKA, Adviser of the Criminal Justice Directorate, Commission

Mr Jan Watse FOKKENS, Procurator General, Supreme Court of the Netherlands

Prof. Dr Ester HERLIN-KARNELL, VU University Amsterdam

Prof. Valsamis MITSILEGAS, Queen Mary University, London, UK

Prof. Dr Holger MATT, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Dr Rosaria SICURELLA, Università di Catania

Mr Eric SITBON, Legal Adviser, Council Legal Service

Prof. Dr Michiel LUCHTMAN, Utrecht University

Dr Els de BUSSER, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr Andre KLIP, Maastricht University

Ms Irene SACRISTÁN SÁNCHEZ, Deputy Head of Unit Policy Development and Hercule, OLAF

Prof. Anne WEYEMBERGH, Free University of Brussels

Mr Hubert LEGAL, Director-General, Legal Adviser to the Council

Prof. Dr Alex BRENNINKMEIJER, Member of the European Court of Auditors

Mr Klaus MEYER-CABRI, National Member for Germany at Eurojust, chair of the Eurojust Brussels Team and member of the Eurojust Task Force dealing with EPPO

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Who should attend?

Judges, public prosecutors, criminal law practitioners, criminal law and EU law scholars, Member States’ representatives and experts from the institutions and think tanks from EU Member States.

The conference will be held in English.

Date & Time: Thursday 7 July (12:30-19:00) and Friday 8 July (09:00-17:30), 2016

Venue: T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands

Registration*: You can register by completing the online registration form at www.asser.nl/EPPO2016

*Please read the online Registration & Information Conditions before submitting the registration form.

This event has been made possible by support from the Hercule III Programme administered by OLAF - the European Anti-Fraud Office.