European Papers (Mar 2022)
La Procura della Repubblica tra rinvio pregiudiziale ed esecuzione dell'ordine europeo di indagine penale: considerazioni relative alla causa XK
Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2022 7(1), 1-14 | European Forum Insight/Highlight of 22 March 2022 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduzione. - II. La causa XK: la normativa rilevante e il rinvio della Procura di Trento. - III. La causa XK: le conclusioni dell'AG e la sentenza della Corte di giustizia. - IV. Considerazioni critiche sul ruolo della Procura della Repubblica quale autorità giudiziaria di esecuzione dell'OEI e sulla risposta della Corte di giustizia. - V. Conclusioni. | (Abstract) In 1996, the Court of Justice ruled out that prosecutors could refer questions for a preliminary ruling on the grounds that their task is not to settle a dispute in complete independence but to submit it to a court by means of criminal prosecution. In case C-66/20 XK ECLI:EU:C:2021:200, the Court was asked to deal with the same issue in the light of the peculiar EU and national rules governing the execution of European Investigation Orders. The divergent solutions proposed by the AG and the Court of Justice are here illustrated. Subsequently, some thoughts are devoted to prosecutors as European Investigation Order executing authorities, to establish whether they may ensure effective judicial protection. Besides, a potentially problematic aspect resulting from the Court's ruling is high-lighted, which may exclude the referral of preliminary questions by European Investigation Order executing authorities altogether.
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