Activites

• 1997/12/15 Final act published in Official Journal
• #2055
• 1997/12/05 Council Meeting
• 1997/12/05 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/12/05 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/11/20 Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0573/1997 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Leoluca ORLANDO (V. I), the European Parliament has approved the draft joint action, subject to amendments designed to boost the efficiency of the proposed evaluation mechanism, in particular by making the system more Community-oriented. More specifically, it recommends strengthening the role of the European Commission at all levels of the evaluation procedure. Parliament considers that evaluation should be carried out by a team consisting of three experts, one appointed by the Commission and two by the Member States. The experts for each evaluation exercise should be chosen at random from the list of experts and should not be nationals of the country being evaluated. The questionnaire sent to the Member States as part of the evaluation procedure would also be drawn up by the Commission. Finally, Parliament calls for greater transparency regarding the work and recommendations of the Multi-Disciplinary Working Party on Organized Crime (MDW) and asks to be informed each year about the results of this work and the Council's work. �

• 1997/11/04 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0355/1997
• 1997/10/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/09/08 Legislative proposal published
  • 10406/1997 summary

    OBJECTIVE: Presentation of a proposal for a joint action introducing a mechanism to evaluate the application and implementation at national level of international undertakings regarding measures to combat organized crime. SUBSTANCE: The proposed mechanism seeks to evaluate the application and implementation by the Member States of European Union and other international acts and instruments in the fight against organized crime. The evaluation is carried out by experts appointed by the Member States, with comprehensive experience in police, customs or legal procedures and in the fight against organized crime. A draft report on the findings of the evaluation is drawn up and forwarded to the Member State concerned. On the basis of this report, the Council will accordingly make all appropriate recommendations to the Member State in question and recommend that it take the measures shown to be necessary in the areas covered by the report. In principle, all the Member States should be assessed three years following the entry into force of the joint action. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 10406/1997
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0355/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0573/1997

History

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