PART B
PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION
I. PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
Art. 19
Conduct of investigations
2. For the initiation of investigations as well as for the time period deemed necessary for the completion of their purpose, the power to issue a specially reasoned judgment is vested upon the Judicial Council of Athens Appeals Court, after the submission of a relevant proposal by the Prosecutor. In cases of extreme urgency, the investigation may be ordered by the Prosecutor or the Investigating Judge. In such a case, the Prosecutor or the Investigative Judge are under the obligation to submit the issue to the Judicial Council in a time-limit of 3 days. Otherwise, the relevant order shall be rendered ipso facto invalid after the expiration of the above deadline.
Competent national judicial authority
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