# Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/598 of 9 April 2019 on the transitional rules for the appointment of European Prosecutors for and during the first mandate period, provided for in Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Before the appointment of European Prosecutors, a group comprising one third of the number of participating Member States at the time of application of those transitional rules shall be determined by drawing lots.
2. If the number of participating Member States at the time of application of those transitional rules is not divisible by three, the number of Member States to be included in the group shall be rounded up to the closest higher integer number.
3. The General Secretariat of the Council shall take the necessary measures to implement the procedure of drawing lots, in close cooperation with the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/598/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-598/article-2
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