The post of European Public Prosecutor is one proposed for the European Union, as set forth in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, pending ratification.
There is debate in the UK about the establishment of such a role - many suggest that such a civil law office would be at odds with the principles of common law. Civil law is the predominant system of law in the world, with its origins in Roman law, and sets out a comprehensive system of rules, usually codified, that are applied and interpreted by judges. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ...
The post of EuropeanPublicProsecutor is one proposed for the European Union, as set forth in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, pending ratification.
There is debate in the UK about the establishment of such a role - many suggest that such a civil law office would be at odds with the principles of common law.
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The EuropeanPublicProsecutor would be appointed by the Council, acting by a qualified majority with the assent of the European Parliament on the basis of a list of candidates provided by the Commission, for a non-renewable term of six years.
There was also keen debate on the establishment of a EuropeanPublicProsecutor in the European Convention that drafted the Treaty on a Constitution for Europe, presented on 18 July 2003 and signed by the Heads of State or Government in Rome on 29 October 2004.
There would be synergies between the EuropeanPublicProsecutor's investigation resources and instruments currently being developed for judicial cooperation in Europe (European arrest warrant) on the basis of mutual recognition of investigation instruments existing in the national systems (searches and seizures, for example).
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