Section 1: Referral to the European Public Prosecutor's Office

The alerts provided for in Articles 1 to 3 and 5 of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation in relation to the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office shall be addressed directly to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor by the competent national authorities mentioned in Article 19, in the second paragraph of Article 40 and in Article 80 of this code,…

When the European Public Prosecutor’s Office decides to exercise its jurisdiction, the public prosecutor or investigating judge hearing an investigation or inquiry concerning acts covered by Article 696-108 is required to relinquish jurisdiction over the proceedings in favour of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office pursuant to Article 25(1) and Article 27(5) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017. The public prosecutor shall request the investigating judge…