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COUNCIL 30 8.3.4 EC COMPETENCE IN C R I M I N AL LAW MATTERS IN THE PFI-CONTEXT 31 8.3.5 T NE PFI-CONVENTION REVISITED 32 9 T HE TREATY OF NICE 35 10 T HE TREATY OF LISBON 35 10.1 ARTICLE 325 TFEU (EX-ARTICLE 2 80 TEC) 35 10.2 JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN C R I M I N AL MATTERS 35 10.3 T HE ROLE OF ARTICLES 83(2) TFEU AND 325(4) TFEU AS A LEGAL BASIS FOR ADOPTING CRIMINAL LAW MEASURES IN THE PFI-CONTEXT 38 10.4 THE PFI-CONVENTION REVISITED AGAIN 41 11 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 42 CHAPTER 11 THE CREATION OF OLAF 1 THE BROADER CONTEXT: THE 1999 POLITICAL CRISIS 47 2 THE OLAF SPECIFIC CONTEXT 51 3 S O ME I N T E R M E D I A TE C O N C L U D I NG R E M A R KS 53 IMAGE 2 CONTENTS 3.3.1.2 DUTY TO COOPERATE WITH OLAF AND DUTY TO SUPPLY INFORMATION 98 3.3.2 ENFORCEMENT OF POWERS OF INVESTIGATION 100 3.3.3 INCIDENCE OF T HE PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND I M M U N I T I ES 101 3.3.4 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY ISSUES 103 3.3.4.1 APPLICABLE RULES 103 3.3.4.2 RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR ONE'S H O ME 104 3.3.4.3 RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR ONE'S CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS 105 4 FORWARDING OF INFORMATION BY OLAF TO NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 107 5 aADMINISTRATIVE OR (QUASI-)CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE COMPETENCES? 109 6 COOPERATION W I T H . .. 111 6.1 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 111 6.1.1 SEARCH FOR AN OVERALL CONCEPT 111 6.1.2 SUBSIDIARITY 111 6.1.3 PARTNERSHIP 112 6.2 EU INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES 113 6.2.1 OVERVIEW 113 6.2.2 THE ECA 113 6.2.3 EUROPOL 114 7 OTHER OLAF TASKS 115 7.1 OVERVIEW 115 7.2 IMPORTANCE OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OLAF'S INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION AND ITS OTHER TASKS 117 8 SOME FACTS A ND FIGURES 118 8.1 GENERAL POINTS 118 8.2 O P E N I NG DECISIONS 118 8.3 CLOSING DECISIONS 121 8.4 JUDICIAL FOLLOW-UP 122 8.5 FINANCIAL RECOVERY 123 9 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 123 CHAPTER V RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE OF PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY OLAF 1 GENERAL POINTS 129 2 RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND RIGHT OF ACCESS TO T HE FILE 129 2.1 PLURALITY OF RELEVANT SOURCES 129 2.2 EXTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS 130 2.2.1 OLAF MANUAL 130 2.2.2 NATIONAL RULES ON THE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 131 2.2.3 THE EU FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE AND THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EU 131 2.2.3.1 GENERAL CASE-LAW ON THE EU F U N D A M E N T AL PRINCIPLE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE 131 IMAGE 3 CONTENTS 3.3.1.2 DUTY TO COOPERATE WITH OLAF AND DUTY TO SUPPLY INFORMATION 98 3.3.2 ENFORCEMENT OF POWERS OF INVESTIGATION 100 3.3.3 INCIDENCE OF T HE PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES A ND I M M U N I T I ES 101 3.3.4 F U N D A M E N T AL RIGHT TO PRIVACY ISSUES 103 3.3.4.1 APPLICABLE RULES 103 3.3.4.2 RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR ONE'S H O ME 104 3.3.4.3 RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR ONE'S CORRESPONDENCE AND C O M M U N I C A T I O NS 105 4 FORWARDING OF INFORMATION BY OLAF TO NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 107 5 ADMINISTRATIVE OR (QUASI-)CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE COMPETENCES? 109 6 COOPERATION W I T H . .. M 6.1 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES M 6.1.1 SEARCH FOR AN OVERALL CONCEPT 111 6.1.2 SUBSIDIARITY M 6.1.3 PARTNERSHIP 112 6.2 EU INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES 113 6.2.1 OVERVIEW 113 6.2.2 THE ECA 113 6.2.3 EUROPOL 114 7 OTHER OLAF TASKS 115 7.1 OVERVIEW 115 a7.2 IMPORTANCE OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OLAF'S INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION AND ITS OTHER TASKS 117 8 SOME FACTS AND FIGURES 118 8.1 GENERAL POINTS 118 8.2 OPENING DECISIONS 118 8.3 CLOSING DECISIONS 121 8.4 JUDICIAL FOLLOW-UP 122 8.5 FINANCIAL RECOVERY 123 9 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 123 CHAPTER V RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE OF PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY OLAF 1 GENERAL POINTS 129 2 RIGHT TO BE H E A RD AND RIGHT OF ACCESS TO T HE FILE 129 2.1 PLURALITY OF RELEVANT SOURCES 129 2.2 EXTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS 130 2.2.1 OLAF M A N U AL 130 2.2.2 NATIONAL RULES ON T HE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 131 2.2.3 T HE EU F U N D A M E N T AL PRINCIPLE OF THE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE AND T HE CHARTER OF F U N D A M E N T AL RIGHTS OF T HE EU 131 2.2.3.1 GENERAL CASE-LAW ON T HE EU F U N D A M E N T AL PRINCIPLE OF THE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 131 IMAGE 4 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE 2.2.3.2 O L AF RELATED CASE-LAW 132 2.2.3.3 T HE DOUBLE M E A N I NG OF T HE NOTION OF " M E A S U RE ADVERSELY AFFECTING" A PERSON T32 2.2.3.4 THE FACT THAT OLAF INVESTIGATIVE ACTS RESULT IN REPORTS 133 2.2.3.5 T HE FACT T H AT A DECISION IS T A K EN SUBSEQUENTLY BY A N O T H ER AUTHORITY 134 2.2.3.6 T HE C O N S E Q U E N C ES OF B E I NG U N D ER INVESTIGATION ... 134 2.2.3.7 *** VERSUS T HE EFFECTIVENESS OF T HE INVESTIGATION 136 2.2.3.8 T HE C H A R T ER OF F U N D A M E N T AL RIGHTS OF T HE EU 137 2.2.3.9 THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD UNDER THE CHARTER 137 2.2.3.10 T HE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO T HE FILE U N D ER T HE C H A R T ER 140 2.2.3.11 OLAF REVISITED 142 2.2.3.12 C O N S E Q U E N C ES OF A VIOLATION OF T HE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 145 2.3 I N T E R N AL INVESTIGATIONS 146 2.3.1 DECISION ADOPTED BY EACH EU INSTITUTION OR BODY 146 2.3.2 O T H ER SOURCES 148 2.3.2.1 OLAF M A N U AL 148 2.3.2.2 NATIONAL RULES ON T HE RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 148 2.3.2.3 T HE EU F U N D A M E N T AL PRINCIPLE OF T HE RIGHTS OF T HE aDEFENCE A ND T HE C H A R T ER OF F U N D A M E N T AL RIGHTS OF T HE EU 149 3 T HE RIGHT TO BE I N F O R M ED 150 3.1 G E N E R AL SOURCES 150 3.2 OLAF LEGAL I N S T R U M E N TS 151 3.3 C O M P A R I S ON W I TH C O M P E T I T I ON LAW 152 4 O T H ER ARTICLE 6 E C HR RELATED RIGHTS OF T HE DEFENCE 154 4.1 RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE OF A LEGAL C O U N S EL 154 4.1.1 G E N E R AL SOURCES 154 4.1.2 OLAF LEGAL I N S T R U M E N TS 156 4.2 THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE 158 4.3 THE RIGHT NOT TO INCRIMINATE ONESELF AND THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT 159 4.4 THE REASONABLE-TIME REQUIREMENT 160 4.4.1 OVERVIEW 160 4.4.2 CONSEQUENCES OF A VIOLATION OF THE REASONABLE-TIME REQUIREMENT 162 4.4.2.1 ON T HE EU LEVEL 162 4 - 4 . 2 . 2 ON T HE NATIONAL LEVEL 164 4.5 IMPARTIALITY 165 5 S O ME I N T E R M E D I A TE C O N C L U D I NG R E M A R KS 166 CHAPTER VI O R G A N I S A T I ON A ND INSTITUTIONAL P O S I T I ON OF OLAF 1 DIRECTOR 171 2 SUPERVISORY C O M M I T T EE 173 3 T HE POSITION OF OLAF AS A C O M M I S S I ON SERVICE 174 3.1 HYBRID S T R U C T U RE 174 IMAGE 5 3.2 POSITIVE EFFECTS 174 3.3 QUESTIONS... 175 3.3.1 ... IN RELATION TO DELEGATION: OF AUTHORITY OR OF POWERS? 175 3.3.1.1 GENERAL POINTS 175 3.3.1.2 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY? 175 3.3.1.3 DELEGATION OF POWERS? 176 3.3.1.4 FOCAL POINT SUPERVISION 178 3.3.2 ... IN RELATION TO JUDICIAL REVIEW 179 3.3.3 ... IN RELATION TO THE DELIMITATION OF POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 181 3.4 POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES 182 3.4.1 GENERAL POINTS 182 3.4.2 OLAF AS A SATELLITE AGENCY 183 3.4.3 OLAF AS A PART OF THE ECA 183 3.4.4 OLAF AS A BODY MENTIONED IN THE TREATY 184 3.5 CHALLENGES RAISED BY AN INDEPENDENT OLAF 184 4 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 185 CHAPTER VII SUPERVISION OF OLAF 1 RELEVANCE OF THE ISSUE 189 2 TENTATIVE CRITERIA FOR ADEQUATE SUPERVISION 191 3 EXISTING FORMS OF (NON-JUDICIAL) SUPERVISION OF OLAF 192 3.1 THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE 192 3.1.1 INDEPENDENCE OF OLAF V. SUPERVISION OF OLAF: BALANCE IN FAVOUR OF aTHE FORMER 192 3.1.2 CASE-LAW 192 3.1.3 EXPRESSIONS OF DISCOMFORT 193 3.1.4 PROPOSALS FOR A CHANGE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION 194 3.2 OTHER FORMS OF (NON-JUDICIAL) SUPERVISION 195 3.2.1 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION 195 3.2.2 THE ECA 196 3.2.3 THE EUROPEAN O M B U D S M AN 197 3.2.4 THE EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR 197 3.2.5 THE PRESIDENT OR SECRETARY-GENERAL OF AN EU INSTITUTION OR BODY 198 3.2.6 THE REVIEW ADVISER 198 4 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 200 CHAPTER VIII JUDICIAL REVIEW OF OLAF INVESTIGATIVE ACTS 1 GENERAL POINTS 203 2 DIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW 203 2.1 ACTION FOR A N N U L M E NT 203 2.1.1 GENERAL TREND: INADMISSIBILITY OF AN ACTION FOR A N N U L M E NT AGAINST AN OLAF INVESTIGATIVE ACT 203 IMAGE 6 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE 2.1.2 TENTATIVE EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL TREND 206 2.1.3 SOME FURTHER REFLECTIONS 208 2.1.3.1 COMPARISON WITH COMPETITION LAW 208 2.1.3.2 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 210 2.1.3.3 PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES 214 2.1.4 PRECEDING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE 215 2.1.5 T HE ACTION FOR A N N U L M E NT A ND T HE ISSUE OF ADEQUATE SUPERVISION 216 2.2 ACTION FOR D A M A G ES 217 2.2.1 G E N E R AL POINTS 217 2.2.2 P R E C E D I NG A D M I N I S T R A T I VE P R O C E D U RE 218 2.2.3 T HE ACTION FOR D A M A G ES A ND T HE ISSUE OF ADEQUATE SUPERVISION 220 2.3 I N T E R IM RELIEF 220 2.3.1 G E N E R AL POINTS 220 2.3.2 I N T E R IM RELIEF IN T HE F R A M E W O RK OF ACTIONS FOR A N N U L M E NT 221 2.3.3 I N T E R IM RELIEF IN T HE F R A M E W O RK OF ACTIONS FOR D A M A G ES 222 2.3.4 I N T E R IM RELIEF A ND T HE I S S UE OF ADEQUATE SUPERVISION 225 3 I N D I R E CT JUDICIAL REVIEW 225 3.1 GENERAL POINTS 225 3.2 INDIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW BY AN EU COURT 225 3.3 INDIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW BY A NATIONAL COURT 226 3.3.1 T HE PRELIMINARY RULING PROCEDURE: COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONAL COURTS AND THE ECJ 226 3.3.2 INTERPRETATION OF AN OLAF(-RELATED) ACT 227 a3.3.3 VALIDITY OF AN OLAF(-RELATED) ACT 227 3.3.4 INDIRECT JUDICIAL REVIEW BY A NATIONAL COURT AND THE ISSUE OF ADEQUATE SUPERVISION 229 4 T HE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY 230 5 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 230 CHAPTER IX A LOOK FORWARD TO A EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE 1 GENERAL POINTS 237 2 BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 238 2.1 T HE CORPUS JURIS 238 2.2 T HE COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS 239 2.3 T HE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL FOR THE TREATY OF NICE 240 2.4 T HE COMMISSION'S GREEN PAPER 240 2.5 T HE TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE 241 2.6 T HE TREATY OF LISBON 242 2.7 T HE STOCKHOLM P R O G R A M ME 243 3 T HE STEP TO AN EPPO: EUROJUST 243 3.1 T HE CREATION OF EUROJUST 243 3.2 TREATY PROVISION AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS 245 3.2.1 ARTICLE 85 TFEU 245 IMAGE 7 3.2.2 THE EUROJUST-DECISION 245 3.2.2.1 OVERVIEW 245 3.2.2.2 POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE EUROJUST-DECISION IN THE NATIONAL LEGAL ORDER: OBLIGATION OF CONFORMING INTERPRETATION? 245 3.3 COMPETENCES 247 3.3.1 OVERVIEW 247 3.3.2 ABSENCE OF POWER TO INVESTIGATE 248 3.3.3 LEGAL EFFECT ON MEMBER STATES 248 3.4 ORGANISATION 249 3.5 SUPERVISION 250 3.6 JUDICIAL REVIEW 251 3.6.1 NATIONAL COURTS 251 3.6.2 EU COURTS 252 3.7 RELATIONSHIP WITH OLAF 253 3.7.1 COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROJUST AND OLAF 253 3.7.2 OLAF INVESTIGATIVE COMPETENCE IN RELATION TO EUROJUST 254 4 RELEVANCE OF OLAF FOR AN EPPO 256 4.1 GENERAL POINTS 256 4.2 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS DENNING THE INVESTIGATIVE COMPETENCES OF AN EPPO 256 4.3 INVESTIGATIVE COMPETENCES OF AN EPPO 257 4.3.1 EXTENT 257 4.3.2 ENFORCEMENT 259 4.4 RIGHTS OF THE DEFENCE OF PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY AN EPPO 259 4.5 ORGANISATION OF AN EPPO 261 4.5.1 DECENTRALISED STRUCTURE 261 4.5.2 LEGAL PERSONALITY? 261 4.5.3 AN EPPO AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EU AND THE MEMBER STATES 262 4.6 SUPERVISION OF AN EPPO 263 4.7 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF (INVESTIGATIVE) MEASURES OF AN EPPO 263 4.7.1 UNCONTESTED PRINCIPLE 263 4.7.2 POSSIBLE COMPETENT COURT(S) 264 a4.7.2.1 SPECIAL (CHAMBER OF AN) EU COURT? 264 4.7.2.2 NATIONAL COURT? 265 4.7.2.3 JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER THE CURRENT EU COURTS' SYSTEM? 267 4.7.3 SOME HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES 268 4.7.3.1 HOUSE SEARCH 268 4.7.3.2 COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL 270 5 RELEVANCE OF AN EPPO FOR OLAF 270 5.1 GENERAL POINTS 270 5.2 AN EPPO AS A SUPERVISOR OF OLAF 271 5.3 AN EPPO ABSORBING OLAF 271 6 SOME INTERMEDIATE CONCLUDING REMARKS 273 IMAGE 8 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE CONCLUSION OLAF'S CHARACTERISTICS 277 A SHORT-TERM APPROACH 279 A LONG-TERM APPROACH 279 TABLE OF CASES 282 BIBLIOGRAPHY 290 INDEX 300 NEDERLANDSTALIGE SATNENVATTING 305 cEG: XIII Ga: 24 mBOOK aVRH50 bMPVRH cInstitutsbibliothek dEG: XIII Ga: 24 eavailable tVerfügbar f1 g0 hN i5 jBIB ki |