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Today marks another important date for Europe – the day the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) becomes operational.

For the first time in EU history, an independent European body is given the power to investigate and prosecute criminal offences against the European Union’s financial interests. This is undoubtedly an important and difficult task, which also brings new challenges for the EDPS’ supervision activities. 

In the past months, the EDPS has been working closely and constructively with EPPO to safeguard the fundamental rights of individuals when processing their data. As a supervisory authority, the EDPS has done and continues to do its best to help EPPO integrate the data protection rules into its procedures and IT systems.

The EDPS is aware that the complexity of EPPO’s legal landscape will represent continuous challenges. The body’s multi-layered structure and the interplay between the EPPO Regulation and national provisions implementing the law enforcement directive will require coordination between the EDPS and the national data protection authorities.

You can read the Press Statement