EU Court Annuls ECA Refusal, Clearing Witness Testimony in EPPO Probe

• The General Court of the EU annulled the European Court of Auditors’ refusal to let its staff testify in an EPPO investigation.
• The Court said EU institutions must act within their treaty powers and cannot block EPPO investigations by setting their own conditions.
• It held that “interests of the Union” justifying refusal must be vital and important, which was not shown here.
• The Court also rejected the ECA’s attempt to link witness testimony to immunity decisions for those under investigation.
• The ruling lets the EPPO keep gathering evidence, including testimony from EU officials, in its fraud investigation.

Source: eppo.europa.eu

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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