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Activities of Rui TAVARES related to 2013/0023(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA PDF (260 KB) DOC (390 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2013/0023(COD)
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(390 KB)

Amendments (4)

Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) Therefore, Member States should provide for certain minimum types and levels of sanctions. The concept of minimum penalties is currently provided for in a majority of Member States. It is consistent and appropriate to adopt this approach at Union level.
2013/07/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) The levels of the sanctions should be effective and dissuasive but should not go beyond what is proportionate to the offences. The penalty for natural persons in serious cases, that is to say, for the main offences of production and distribution of counterfeit currency involving a large amount of counterfeit notes and coins or involving particularly serious circumstances, should therefore be a minimum penalty of at least six months and a maximum penalty of at least eight years of imprisonment.
2013/07/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) The minimum penalty of six months helps to ensure that equal priority is given by law-enforcement and judicial authorities to the offences of counterfeiting of the euro and other currencies and, in turn, facilitates cross- border cooperation. It contributes to mitigating the risk of forum-shopping. Moreover, it allows that sentenced perpetrators can be surrendered with the help of a European Arrest Warrant so that the custodial sentence or detention order can be executed.deleted
2013/07/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) a minimum penalty of at least six months of imprisonment;deleted
2013/07/17
Committee: LIBE