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Preparatory phase in Parliament



2017/0166(NLE) Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with regard to matters not related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CULT WENTA Bogdan Brunon (EPP) NEKOV Momchil (S&D), CHOUNTIS Nikolaos (GUE/NGL), ADINOLFI Isabella (EFD)
Opinion IMCO
Opinion INTA
Opinion LIBE

Legal Basis TFEU 114, TFEU 165-p4, TFEU 218-p6a

Activites

  • 2017/07/27 Legislative proposal published
    • COM(2017)0387 summary
    • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/', 'title': 'Education, Youth, Sport and Culture'}, NAVRACSICS Tibor

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  • group: S&D name: NEKOV Momchil
  • group: GUE/NGL name: CHOUNTIS Nikolaos
  • group: EFD name: ADINOLFI Isabella
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2017-09-19T00:00:00
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  • group: EPP name: WENTA Bogdan Brunon
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  • PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with regard to matters not related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

    BACKGROUND: in order to respond to the challenge of match-fixing, a practice often linked to organised criminal networks operating on a global scale, the Council of Europe invited the parties to the European Cultural Convention in 2012 to begin  negotiations for a Convention of the Council of Europe against the manipulation of sports results.

    On 9 July 2014, the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions. The Convention was opened for signature by the European Union and several Member States have signed it.

    In March 2015, the Commission presented to the Council two proposals for the Council's decisions on the signing of the Convention on behalf of the Union:

    • a proposal for a Council decision on the signing of the Convention on behalf of the Union with regard to matters related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters based on Articles 82 (1) and 83 (1) TFEU;
    • a proposal for a Council decision on the signing of the Convention on behalf of the Union with regard to matters not related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters based on Articles 114 and 165 TFEU.

    The Commission’s proposals were last discussed in Coreper in November 2015. At this occasion the Presidency concluded that it would not proceed with the file until it had obtained the consent of all delegations. 

    Against this background, the Union has not yet signed the Convention.

    The Commission considers that the signature of the Convention should be part of the Union's efforts to participate in the fight against match fixing in conjunction with other tools such as the forthcoming Commission initiative on betting-related match-fixing in line with the 2012 Commission Communication on online gambling.

    The present proposal concerns the legal instrument concluding the agreement.

    CONTENT: the Commission proposes that the Council approves, on behalf of the Union, the conclusion of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions.

    The purpose of the Convention to combat the manipulation of sports competitions in order to protect the integrity of sport and sports ethics in accordance with the principle of the autonomy of sport. It does so by taking a number of measures that aim at preventing, detecting and sanctioning the manipulation of sports competitions.

    In view of that purpose, the Convention also promotes international cooperation and sets-up a monitoring mechanism to ensure that the provisions laid down in the Convention are followed up.

    The legal bases for this proposal for a decision should be Articles 114 TFEU (establishment and functioning of the internal market), Article 165 TFEU (sports) and in conjunction with the Article 218(6) (a) of the TFEU.

    Some of the provisions of the Convention concern substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters fall within the scope of Part 3, Title V, of the TFEU. A separate proposal for a decision on these provisions is therefore proposed alongside this proposal.

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  • date: 2017-07-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2017/0387/COM_COM(2017)0387_EN.pdf title: COM(2017)0387 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52017PC0387:EN body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Culture and Education committee: CULT
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee: IMCO
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: International Trade committee: INTA
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee: LIBE
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