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EPPO’s framework has had to adjust itself, through legislative deliberations, to reflect the diversity of the unharmonised legal environments in which this instrument of EU policy is called upon to act. This makes it more complex but—the author suggests—not necessarily weaker for that. Being a factor of progressive integration rather than of imposition is an asset for its future.
The author is the Legal Counsel of the European Council and of the Council, Director General of the Legal Service. He is a former member of the General Court of the European Court of Justice.
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Legal, H. (2018). EPPO’s Raison d’Ȇtre: The Challenge of the Insertion of an EU Body in Procedures Mainly Governed by National Law. In: Geelhoed, W., Erkelens, L., Meij, A. (eds) Shifting Perspectives on the European Public Prosecutor's Office. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-216-3_12
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