Overview

• The European Public Prosecutor’s Office sent a formal request dated September 24 asking Justice Leopoldo Puente to specify, “without delay,” the contracts, awards or subsidies under investigation.
• EPPO says it needs this list to decide if EU funds financed any of the questioned projects, which would give the EU body jurisdiction.
• The Supreme Court inquiry currently examines 11 public-works contracts linked to Adif and the Directorate-General for Roads from the Ábalos tenure, with an overall value near €400 million.
• Projects under scrutiny include rail works in Sant Feliú de Llobregat and Murcia, the Pulpí–Vera high-speed corridor in Almería, maintenance in Lugo, and emergency stabilization works in Asturias.
• The court earlier rejected an EPPO bid to take over the related masks strand, and Judge Puente has now separated that advanced piece from the ongoing public-works case, which cites UCO recordings indicating possible irregular adjudications; defenses contest aspects of the evidence.