6 Amendments of Viktor USPASKICH related to 2013/0255(APP)
Amendment 2 #
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of ensuring the independence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the European Chief Prosecutor and his/her deputies, the European prosecutors and the European delegated prosecutors, includingnotably from any undue influence on the part of national politicf party political, national, administrative or judicial authorities, including those with which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is bound to cooperate in conducting its investigations;
Amendment 10 #
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the proposal that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office should present an annual report to the EU institutions, in order to ensure transparency and assess the general lines of its activity, and stresses th; calls for the report to be fact that this should not constitute a way of influencing the future activity of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office by any of the EU institucompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for adaptations, in particular as regards the extension of the scope of the Regulations;
Amendment 12 #
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need, as regards theat the structure of the EPPO should assure independence and therefore calls for openness and transparency in the selection and appointment procedures of the European public pChief Prosecutors, fthe Deputy European Chief Prosecutors an open and transpard the European prosecutors, suggests an opent competition for candidates fulfilling the required criteria ofwith adequate professionalism, experience, and independence, and suggests, in terms of procedure, that they and skills, who 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 agreeheard and approved by Parliament;
Amendment 23 #
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the actions and investigations undertaken by all prosecutors and staff of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office must be conducted in full compliance with the principrules of law, with an emphasis onnotably with procedural rights such as the respect of the presumption of innocence until a final and irrevocable court ruling has been reached, the right to a fair trial, the right to remain silent, the right to a defence, and the principle of non bis in idem;
Amendment 25 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets that in the current proposal on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office the scope of competence is limited to fraud; therefore, once the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is established, calls on the European Commission to propose an enlarged mandate for the Office in order to cover certain categories of serious cross-border crimes, such as organised crime and terrorism;
Amendment 28 #
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. In addition to the annual report of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on its general activities, the regulation should provide for a review clause in order to counter-check the objectives of the establishment of the Office and the results obtained in order to identify gaps and loopholes which need to be addressed;