The article examines the European protection order (hereinafter - EPO) in the context of crime victim protection. The following aspects were considered: general issues of the essence and purpose of the EPO; its correlation with measures under the national law of the EU country; conditions of issuance; issuing and execution procedure; protection of the rights of persons causing danger; the specifications of the execution. The correlation of measures under the EPO with security measures and restrictive measures and restrictive prescriptions under Ukrainian legislation is considered. It is indicated that European researchers identify a number of defects in the regulation of the European protection order, which affects the effectiveness of this tool; this indicates that the provisions of Directive 2011/99/EU may be transformed in the future. As conclusions, it is also stated that: 1) the EPO will not be applicable for to security measures, which are regulated "On ensuring the security of persons participating in criminal proceedings”, taking into account the list of measures in Art. 5 of Directive 2011/99/EU and the provision that the person causing danger must be heard; 2) The EPO will generally be able to be used to interact with restrictive prescription under the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine and restrictive measures under the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (although there may be issues due to administrative and criminal sanctions for domestic violence, and such an approach by the Ukrainian legislator may raise questions about double criminality in comparison with the criminally punishable actions of other EU countries, which may cause the impossibility of applying to other countries under the order procedure and executing the order in Ukraine); 3) due to the fact that Directive 2011/99/EU is about protection against any criminal offences, it will be necessary to make changes to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in order to implement the EPO.