Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2013/0255(APP)
Plenary speeches (2)
Enhanced cooperation: European Public Prosecutor's Office (debate) CS
European Public Prosecutor's Office (A8-0055/2015 - Monica Macovei) CS
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Committee on Legal Affairs calls on the Committee on Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to take into account our deep concerns regarding the proposal of the regulation, since it is not in accordance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and therefore open a new debate on the subject;
Amendment 9 #
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that the decision making process in the office of European Public Prosecutor’s Office should be subordinated to internal control mechanisms and all legal remedies in the framework of criminal proceedings,
Amendment 14 #
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need, as regards the appointment of the European public prosecutors as well as European delegated prosecutors, for an open and transparent competition for candidates fulfilling the required criteria of professionalism, experience, and independence, and suggests in terms of procedure, that they European public prosecutors may be shortlisted by the Commission and evaluated by an independent panel of experts, with the final decision on appointment to be made by the Council and approved by Parliament; stresses that Parliament and the Council should appoint the European Chief Prosecutor by common agreement;
Amendment 17 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates that the in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality the competencies of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office should be strictly limited to examining and investigating serious criminal offences of cross-border nature against financial interests of the EU, whereas investigations and examinations of minor criminal offences against financial interests of the EU should fully remain in competencies of Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to examine and investigate with equal rigour cases of serious criminal offences against financial interests of the EU from all Member States, irrespective of any geographical considerations, past cases or surveys, and adopthaving a qualitative approach based on objective criteria; but calls on the Commission to sufficiently clarify the term of ‘single legal area’, since it might indicate the creation of ‘European criminal jurisdiction’ that would go beyond the framework given by primary law;