Article 48

Internal review of the acts of European Delegated Prosecutors

1. Where the national law of a Member State provides for the internal review of acts within the structure of its own prosecutor’s office, all requests for the review of an act undertaken by the European Delegated Prosecutor shall be inserted in the Case Management System which shall notify the supervising European Prosecutor and the monitoring Permanent Chamber.

2. The handling European Delegated Prosecutor shall submit written observations to the supervising European Prosecutor.

3. The supervising European Prosecutor shall deal with the request for review within the deadline established according to the national law. The review procedure shall have no suspensive effect and shall not delay the efficient handling of on-going investigations or prosecutions, unless the national law provides otherwise.

4. Prior to taking a decision on the request for review, the supervising European Prosecutor shall inform the competent Permanent Chamber. The Permanent Chamber may at any time continue exercising its monitoring powers enshrined in the Regulation.

5. Where, in the context of internal reviews under national law, the national law refers to the supervising/superior prosecutor, for the purposes of this Article it shall be understood as the supervising European Prosecutor in relation to the European Delegated Prosecutor.

Article 49

Reallocation of a case to another European Delegated Prosecutor

The supervising European Prosecutor may propose to reallocate a case to another European Delegated Prosecutor in the same Member State. The reasoned proposal shall be entered in the Case Management System, which shall notify the monitoring Permanent Chamber and the handling European Delegated Prosecutor. The handling European Delegated Prosecutor may submit written observations within 5 days after receiving the notification, unless, due to the urgency of the matter, this period has been reduced by the European Prosecutor.

Article 50

Reallocation of a case to a European Delegated Prosecutor in another Member State

1. The handling European Delegated Prosecutor, the supervising European Prosecutor or any permanent member of the monitoring Permanent Chamber may propose for a case to be reallocated to a European Delegated Prosecutor in another Member State in accordance with Article 26(5) of the Regulation.

2. The Permanent Chamber may invite the European Prosecutor from the Member State where the case is proposed to be reallocated to, to attend its meeting and may request written observations from the European Delegated Prosecutors concerned.

In case the reallocation results in the supervising European Prosecutor also being a permanent member of the monitoring Permanent Chamber, Article 19 shall apply accordingly.