CONFLICTS OF COMPETENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITIES
1. Introduction. – 2. Methodology. – 3. Development of European Criminal Law and the Establishment of the EPPO. – 3.1. Evolution of European Criminal Law. – 3.2. Article 86 TFEU as the Constitutional Basis of the EPPO. – 4. Legal Framework of Competence. – 4.1. EU Legal Framework. – 4.2. National Legal Framework. – 4.3. Interaction between EPPO and National Authorities. – 4.4. Structural Limitations of the Existing Legal Framework. – 5. Conflicts of Competence between the EPPO and National Prosecuting Authorities. – 5.1. Classification of Conflicts of Competence. – 5.2. Criteria for Determining the Competent Authority. – 5.3. Challenges in Applying the Criteria. – 5.4. Author's Conceptual Analytical Framework. – 6. Judicial Practice on Conflicts of Competence. – 6.1. Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. – 6.2. National Judicial Practice. – 6.3. Contribution of Judicial Practice to Determining Competence. – 7. Critical Evaluation and Future Development. – 8. Conclusions.