Legal provisions of COM(2019)2 - Transitional rules for the appointment of European Prosecutors for and during the first mandate period (European Public Prosecutor's Office)

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dossier COM(2019)2 - Transitional rules for the appointment of European Prosecutors for and during the first mandate period (European Public ...
document COM(2019)2 EN
date April  9, 2019

Contents

Article 1

This Decision lays down transitional rules for the appointment of European Prosecutors for and during the first mandate period following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2017/1939.

Article 2

1. Before the appointment of European Prosecutors, a group comprising one third of the number of participating Member States at the time of application of those transitional rules shall be determined by drawing lots.

2. If the number of participating Member States at the time of application of those transitional rules is not divisible by three, the number of Member States to be included in the group shall be rounded up to the closest higher integer number.

3. The General Secretariat of the Council shall take the necessary measures to implement the procedure of drawing lots, in close cooperation with the Commission.

Article 3

The term of office of the European Prosecutors from the Member States included in the group established in accordance with Article 2 shall be three years. This term shall not be renewable.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.