9 Amendments of Julia PITERA related to 2015/2110(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the proposed Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law /* COM/2012/0363 final - 2012/0193 (COD) */,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the phenomena of organised crime, corruption and money laundering usually have a cross-border dimension that requires close cooperation by national competent authoritiesetween the competent national authorities and between those authorities and the EU institutions, with the help of national databases, supported by from EU instruments and a European action plan to eradicate it;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the communication of 24 February 2016 in which the Commission commits to proposing an action plan for reforming the VAT system; calls on the Commission to include provisions on the fight against cross-border VAT fraud; notes that, according to Commission estimates, the EU loses about EUR 50 billion every year as a result of cross-border VAT fraud;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the on-going discussions in the Council on the draft regulation establishing the European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) as an essential piece of the action plan; stresses that the European public prosecutor’s office should have extensive powers for the purpose of combating crimes against the EU’s financial interests; calls on the Member States to make sufficient resources available for the creation of the European public prosecutor’s office;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the fact that in December 2014, after four years of discussion, Parliament, the Council and the Commission adopted an agreement on EU data protection reforms which will strengthen data protection for natural persons and promote cooperation between the Member State law enforcement bodies;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the international agreement within the G20 to apply a new global standard for greater tax transparency, in line with the high standard already applied by the EU; asks for its rapid implementation and effective monitoring of tax fraud and evasion at international level; highlights that at EU levelwelcomes the fact that, in February 2016, the European Commission is still negotiatingsigned agreements involving the exchange of tax information with countries such as Andorra and Monaco and in 2015 Commission had already signed agreements with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and San Marino;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Member States to create specialised structures at national level to detect criminal organisations and exclude from Member State public tenders entities that are implicated in corrupt practices or money laundering;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the 18-month programme of the EU Council for the Dutch, Slovak and Maltese Presidencies, where aich puts the comprehensive and integrated approach to organised crime will be high on theits agenda. In the area of justice, , togethere will be a focus on combatingth the fight against fraud against the Union’s financial interests, including work onwhich will involve work on the appointment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, data protection regulations, and promoting and safeguarding the rule of law and fundamental rights.