The Decision 003/2020 of the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on the Internal Rules of Procedure of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, as amended and supplemented by the Decisions 085/2021 and 026/2022 of the College of the EPPO, are amended and supplemented as follows:
(1)
Article 13 is amended as follows:
‘Article 13
The College Secretariat
1. The College shall be assisted by a College Secretariat in the preparation of the College meetings, working in consultation with the European Chief Prosecutor.
2. The College Secretariat shall, among other responsibilities, attend the meetings of the College, record and maintain minutes of the College meetings, compile summaries of meeting outcomes, and maintain comprehensive records of College activities.
3. The Head of the College Secretariat, serving as Secretary to the College, shall be appointed by the College.’
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(2)
after Article 14, a new article, 14a, will be added, with the following content:
‘Article 14a
Working groups
1. The College and the European Chief Prosecutor may set up working groups and advisory boards to provide the College, or, respectively, the European Chief Prosecutor, with advice and expertise.
2. The mandate, composition and practical functioning of the formations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined in the respective decision of the College or of the European Chief Prosecutor, establishing each working group or advisory group.’
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(3)
in Article 24, the third paragraph is amended as follows:
‘3. If no objection is lodged by a permanent member of the Permanent Chamber or by the supervising European Prosecutor, within a deadline determined by the Chair, the decision shall be deemed to have been adopted.’
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(4)
Article 33 is amended as follows:
‘Article 33
Appointment of European Delegated Prosecutors and renewal of their 5-year mandate
The College shall decide on the appointment of the European Delegated Prosecutors and on the renewal of their 5-year mandate based on a proposal by the European Chief Prosecutor, in accordance with Article 17 of the EPPO Regulation and the rules provided for in the Decision of the College on the Conditions of employment of the European Delegated Prosecutors’.