JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE ACTS OF THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE – POSSIBLE SHORTCOMINGS AND SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RELATION TO THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND ITS LEGISLATION

Abstract

Creation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office was from its very beginning accompanied by a wide-ranging debate regarding the most challenging issues, one of them being judicial review of its acts. This article deliberates on several groups of these acts and their review by either national courts or Court of Justice of the European Union. Where appropriate, in analyses their review in relation to the Slovak Republic. As a conclusion, it offers several considerations as to the Member States’ obligation to provide for effective judicial protection.