4 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2017/2216(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the agreement reached in November 2016 between Parliament and the Council, after four years of negotiations, on the proposal for a Directive on the fight against fraud to the EU’s financial interests by means of criminal law (the PIF Directive), which includes cross-border VAT fraud involving total damages of at least EUR 10 million; recalls, however, that this threshold will be subject to Commission assessment by 6 July 20220;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the progress made in the Council in 2016 on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), which led to the agreement between 20 Member States on the basis of the enhanced cooperation procedure provided for in Article 86 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; hopes that all Member States will eventually participate in this initiative; recalls that the role of the EPPO will be to investigate, prosecute and bring to court the perpetrators of criminal offences affecting the EU’s financial interests, as defined in the PIF Directive; , without prejudice to subsidiarity in this area.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for effective cooperation among EPPO, OLAF and Eurojust; recalls the pending negotiations on the Eurojust Regulation; stresses that the respective competences of Eurojust and EPPO need to be clearly defined;, so it does not overlap
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the increase in VAT-related fraud, in particular so-called carousel fraud; calls on all Member States to participate in all of EUROFISC’s fields of activity so as to facilitate the exchange of information to help combat this kind of fraud , which are prejudicial to the national and European budget.