1. In accordance with Article 24(1) of the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union of 29 May 2000 (‘the Convention’), the declaration made by the Federal Republic of Germany to the Council of Europe on 19 March 2021 with regard to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 1959 and its Protocols also applies to this Convention.

2. In accordance with Article 24(1) of the Convention, the Federal Republic of Germany declares that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for by Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to issue requests in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention and to act as competent authority in accordance with Article 19(2) and Article 20(1) to (5) of the Convention.

3. Requests addressed to the EPPO as requested authority should be transmitted to the Central Office of the EPPO. In urgent cases, they may be transmitted directly to a Delegated European Prosecutor in the Federal Republic of Germany. In this case a copy should be sent to the Central Office of the EPPO.

In accordance with Article 6(3) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States, the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, hereby informs the General Secretariat of the Council that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for in Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to act as issuing authority as defined in Article 6(1) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA.

With regard to Article 4:
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, hereby informs the General Secretariat of the Council that: the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), within the scope of its competence under Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to issue freezing orders and the ‘Certificate provided for in Article 9’ as set out in the Annex to Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA, in the capacity of the ‘judicial authority which issued’ the freezing order within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Council Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA of 22 July 2003 on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing property or evidence.

In accordance with Article 6(1) of Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA of 23 October 2009 on the application, between Member States of the European Union, of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention, the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, hereby informs the General Secretariat of the Council that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for in Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to act as issuing authority in accordance with Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA.

In accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA of 30 October 2009 on prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings, the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, hereby informs the General Secretariat of the Council that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for by Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is a ‘competent authority’ as defined in point (b) of Article 3 of Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA.

1. In accordance with Article 33 of Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters (‘the EIO Directive’), the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, hereby notifies the European Commission that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for in Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to act as issuing authority within the meaning of Article 2(c)(i) of the EIO Directive. The EPPO furthermore is competent to act as executing authority within the meaning of Article 2(d) of the EIO Directive for the purpose of providing information or evidence which the EPPO has obtained already or may obtain following the initiation of an investigation within its competence.

2. Where an EIO is addressed to the EPPO as executing authority, it should be transmitted to the Central Office of the EPPO. In urgent cases, it may be transmitted directly to a Delegated European Prosecutor in the Federal Republic of Germany. In this case a copy should be sent to the Central Office of the EPPO.

In accordance with Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Member State of the European Union participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’), hereby notifies the European Commission that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), in the exercise of its competences, as provided for in Articles 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, is competent to act as issuing authority as defined in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 for the purpose of issuing freezing orders and freezing certificates as defined in that Regulation.