6 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2017/2216(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (the PIF Directive), whose scope includes VAT fraud, which is particularly important for stepping up the fight against cross-border VAT fraud; sees the Directive as a first step to a harmonised European criminal law; notes that the Directive provides a definition of corruption and defines the types of fraudulent behaviour to be criminalised;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the decision of 20 Member States to proceed with the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office through enhanced cooperation and looks forward to fruitful cooperation between OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; regrets however that not all EU Member States have been willing to participate in this initiative, and underlines the importance of maintaining equivalent fraud detection efficiency rates in all Member States; calls on the Commission to push the remaining Member States which do not yet participate in the EPPO to do so; calls for negative financial consequences for those Member States which are not willing to participate in the EPPO;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for an effective cooperation between OLAF and EPPO to avoid double structures, conflicting competences and legal loopholes through lack of competences;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Deplores that around 50% of OLAF cases are dismissed by national judicial authorities; calls on the Member States, the Commission and OLAF to lay down conditions for the admissibility of evidence provided by OLAF; calls on OLAF to improve the quality of its final reports and in order to augment their usefulness for national authorities;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Calls on OLAF to apply a more realistic approach to its recovery recommendations and to include as well the amounts which were actually recovered;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)
Paragraph 45 c (new)
45c. Recalls that the OLAF regulation gives an important role to the Director General in complaints procedures about investigations; recalls that the direct participation of the Director General in OLAF investigations undermines his role and thus the regulation;