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Amendment of section 2(1) of Act of 2008
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49. Section 2(1) of the Act of 2008 is amended by the insertion of the following definitions:
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“‘EPPO’ means the European Public Prosecutor’s Office established under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 20173
implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’), as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2153 of 14 October 20204
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‘EPPO request’ means a request for assistance that is made by EPPO in accordance with section 6 (as applied by section 94K) and the Part 7B Regulations (if any) and includes a request that is deemed under section 94F(3) to have been so made;
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‘Part 7B Regulations’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 109(1B);
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‘relevant EPPO member state’ means a member state of the European Union—
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(a) that participates in enhanced cooperation on the establishment of EPPO in accordance with Article 86(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or by virtue of a decision adopted in accordance with Article 331(1) of that Treaty, and
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(b) where EPPO is conducting a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings that are the subject of an EPPO request;”.
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3OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1-71
4OJ L 431, 21.12.2020, p. 1-4 |
