The European Public Prosecutor's Office shall be responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment, where appropriate in liaison with Europol, the perpetrators of, and accomplices in, offences against the Union's financial interests, as determined by the European law provided for in paragraph 1. It shall exercise the functions of prosecutor in the competent courts of the Member States in relation to such offences.
(2) Evropsko javno tožilstvo je pristojno, po potrebi v povezavi z Europolom, za preiskave, pregon in obtožbe storilcev in sostorilcev kršitev, ki vplivajo na finančne interese Unije, kakor jih določa evropski zakon iz prejšnjega odstavka. Opravlja dolžnosti tožilca na pristojnih sodiščih držav članic v zvezi s temi kršitvami.