The European Commission presented in 2005 a Green Paper on Conflicts of
Jurisdiction. [1]
So, much more effective in practice are the consultations that take place
within Eurojust. It is within this agency that various prosecutors of the European
Union states make operational decisions with regard to serious forms of crossborder
crime by which more than one European Union state is affected. [2] Article
31, paragraph 1 of the Framework Decision provides that it shall be Eurojust’s
objective in the context of investigations and prosecutions concerning two or
more European Union states, to stimulate and improve coordination between the
competent authorities of the states. Article 6 gives further criteria to determine
which of the European Union states is in the best position to investigate or
prosecute certain offences.