2 Amendments of Eva JOLY related to 2016/2033(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onUrges the Council - while acknowledging the progress made by the co-legislators in negotiations for the adoptionto include VAT in the scope of the Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (the ‘PIF Directive’) - to renew its effortsin order to find agreement on the matter by including VAT in the scope of that directivas soon as possible;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deems it crucial to ensure the establishment of a single, strong and independent European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that is able to investigate, prosecute and bring to court the perpetrators of criminal offences affecting the Union’s financial interests, as defined in the above-mentioned PIF Directive, and; insists on the need to empower the European Public Prosecutor's Office with clear competencies on VAT fraud; believes that any weaker solution would represent a cost to the Union budget.