8 Amendments of Eva JOLY related to 2017/2216(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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 2022; calls on the Member States to adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive as soon as possible;
Amendment 7 #
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 initiativcalls on all remaining Member States to participate in the EPPO as soon as possible; 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;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that, in the near future, an extension of the competences of the EPPO to other cross-border crimes affecting the Union such as terrorism or environmental crimes should be envisaged;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the participating Member States and the Commission to begin the preparatory work to launch the EPPO as soon as possible and to keep Parliament closely associated with the procedures, in particular the appointment of the Chief Prosecutor; calls on the Commission to designate the interim Administrative Director of the EPPO as soon as possible in line with Article 20 of the EPPO Regulation; insists that proper staff and resources should be allocated to the EPPO even before its official entry into force; reiterates that the EPPO must be independent;
Amendment 16 #
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, OLAF and EPPO need to be clearly defined; insists that the EPPO should have the power to settle conflicts of competence on cases relevant to the performance of its tasks;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to publish an annual public report on the use of EU funds as well as European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(EBRD) money transfers to offshore structures, including the number and nature of projects blocked, explanatory comments on the rationale for blocking projects and follow-up actions taken to ensure that no EU funds directly or indirectly contribute to damaging the EU’s financial interests;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the essential role performed by whistleblowers in shedding light on vital information in the public interest and in uncovering acts of fraud against the Union’s financial interests;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Welcomes the open public consultation carried out by the Commission between March and May 2017 to collect views on the issue of whistleblower protection at the national and EU level; urges the European Commission to propose a directive on the protection of whistleblowers as soon as possible, as recommended several times by the European Parliament;