The Administrative Plenary of the Supreme Court rejected the appeal filed by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) regarding the term of office of three Greek European Delegated Prosecutors, with 72 votes in favor of rejection and 10 against. The case concerned the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council to renew for two years the terms of Popi Papandreou, Charikleia Thanou and Dionysis Mouzakis in EPPO’s Greek office, while the European Public Prosecutor’s Office was seeking a five-year renewal, as it had decided for all of its delegated prosecutors.
The appeal was ruled inadmissible, as the majority of Supreme Court judges accepted that, under Greek law, in matters concerning the service status of judicial officials, only the prosecutors concerned themselves have the right to appeal to the Plenary Session, not EPPO on their behalf.
EPPO had asked the Supreme Court to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the EU to determine who is competent to renew the terms of European delegated prosecutors.
For its part, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office argued that EU law takes precedence in this case and that the duration of the terms cannot be determined differently by each member state, as this could undermine its unified operation. It also requested that a preliminary question be submitted to the Court of Justice of the EU to decide who has the authority to renew the terms. According to information reported by Kathimerini, this position was reportedly supported by the 10 members of the minority.
Source: Kathimerini
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