On Tuesday 8 July 2025, Luxembourg’s Ministry for Mobility and Public Works and the Ministry of the Economy released a statement in response to the European Public Prosecutor's Office’s investigation into the European co-financing by the ERDF/REACT-EU of the RGTR bus electrification project.
According to the ministries, in accordance with Article 23 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, reports were filed with the judicial authorities on behalf of both ministries following the discovery of facts that may constitute offences during the data collection process for the project review.
The ministries said: “The competent Luxembourg public authorities are cooperating fully to enable the European Public Prosecutor's Office to fully investigate the reported facts. It should be recalled that, in accordance with the principle of the presumption of innocence, no definitive conclusions can be drawn at this stage and no comments can be made due to the progress of the judicial proceedings”.
The ministries noted that Article 23 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that "any constituted authority, any public officer or civil servant, as well as any employee or agent charged with a public service mission, whether hired or mandated under provisions of public or private law, who, in the exercise of their functions, acquires knowledge of facts likely to constitute a crime or an offence, is required to notify the State Prosecutor without delay and to transmit to that magistrate all information, reports and documents relating thereto, notwithstanding any rules of confidentiality or professional secrecy applicable to them, where applicable."
