The College of European Prosecutors should soon be formed. The Selection Panel is due to hear, on 13 March, the two Maltese candidates nominated by their government on 31 January.
This is stated in a non-paper from the Commission on the state of play on the setting up of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, dated 17 February, of which EUROPE has received a copy.
The formation of the College of European Prosecutors had been put on hold due to Malta's difficulties in appointing several candidates. However, in the absence of a College, several other decisions had to be delayed, in particular the working arrangements between Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
The document also refers to the request of the European Chief Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, Laura Codruţa Kövesi, for a considerable increase in budget and staff levels for the 2020 budget and the draft budget 2021 (see EUROPE 12420/9). It underlines that the 2020 budget could still be subject to modifications in accordance with the applicable budgetary procedures, in particular through an amending budget.
As for the Case Management System (CMS), the document states that its development started in February 2020, with the aim of a roll out of the first version for November of this year. (Original version in French by Marion Fontana)