04/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday 4 June that an agreement with Finland has been reached on the number of European Delegated Prosecutors for its country and in particular regarding part-time prosecutors. Finland and Slovenia are the only Member States participating in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office that have not yet appointed their European Delegated Prosecutors. However, this did not prevent the European Public Prosecutor’s Office from officially starting its activities on 1 June (see EUROPE 12731/2), since the founding regulation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office provides that, in exceptional circumstances, the European Prosecutor of a Member State may replace the European Delegated Prosecutors of that Member State. “The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is working intensely on the practical arrangements to help the Finnish authorities implement this agreement in time”, the new body said. (MF)