Judgment_paragraph 52 · Criminal proceedings against A and Others (C-584/19)

52Accordingly, in so far as, under national law, the public prosecutor of a Member State or, more generally, the public prosecutor’s office of that Member State, has competence to order measures of investigation in order to obtain evidence in a given case, that public prosecutor or public prosecutor’s office is covered by the concept of ‘issuing authority’ within the meaning of Article 2(c)(i) of Directive 2014/41.