7 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2017/0219(COD)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The material scope of competences of the EPPO is limited to criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union in accordance with the Regulation establishing the Office. The tasks of the EPPO should thus be to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgement the perpetrators of offences against the Union’s Financial interests under the Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law, and offences, which are inextricably linked to them.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) In order to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down by this Regulation regarding the funding and expenditure of European political parties and European political foundations and regarding other matters, it is necessary to establish effective control mechanisms. To that end, the Authority, the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament and the Member States should cooperate and exchange all necessary information. They should also agree on practical arrangements that include some common rules on how to protect whistle-blowers. Mutual cooperation amongst Member States’ authorities should be also encouraged in order to ensure the effective and efficient control of obligations stemming from applicable national law. The involvement of OLAF and the EPPO in the information sharing is required when the decision of the Authority is to be followed up.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014
Article 25 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
(5a) In Article 28, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. They shall also agree on practical arrangements for such exchange of information, including the rules regarding the disclosure of confidential information or evidence, the protection of whistle- blowers and the cooperation among Member States.”
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
(5b) In Article 28, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: “4. The Authority shall inform the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament of any decision it has taken in relation to sanctions, in order to enable him or her to draw the appropriate consequences under the Financial Regulation. Where appropriate, the authority shall also inform OLAF and the EPPO, in order to enable those bodies to proceed with the relevant investigation accordingly”;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a However, the provisions of Regulation(EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, applicable prior to the entry into force of this Regulation, shall continue to apply in their original versions to acts done and commitments made in respect of the funding of political parties and political foundations at European level for the budget year 2018.