ECPI Stockholm Meeting in September 2012
The ECPI were once again hosted by Stockholms universitet for their third meeting of 2013 which took place in early September. The group discussed the proposed new Directive on the protection of the EU’s financial interests and its efforts to…
Commission proposes Directive on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests
On July 11th, the Commission proposed a Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (COM 2012(363) final). The Union thereby takes the protection of its financial interests to a new (supranational) level. The proposed framework shall in the future replace the regime of the so called PIF Convention and its Protocols. The proposal is based on Art. 325 (4) TFEU and does not only the fight of fraudulent conduct but also extends to money laundering, misappropriation of funds, corruption and providing false information in a public procurement or grant procedure. For the first time, the proposed Directive introduces minimum penalties.
European Parliament passes a resolution on EU criminal law
In its plenary session of May 21st, 2012, the European Parliament passed an „EU approach to criminal law“ and and called for observing general principles of criminal law by taking recourse to and expressly mentioning the European Criminal Policy Initiative.
Commission Communication: Towards a reasonable use of criminal law
A Press Release by the European Commission explicitly mentions the Manifesto on European Criminal Policy, drafted by the ECPI, as the background for the new strategy „Towards a reasonable use of criminl law“. In an important Communication the Commission sets out the conditions under which the Union and Member States can work together to put in place a coherent and consistent EU criminal policy as demanded by the ECPI.
Conference (Strasbourg, France) on European Criminal Policy
On Thursday, 25th November 2010 an international conference with the title „What Principles for a European Criminal Policy after the Treaty of Lisbon“ took place in Strasbourg (France). The conference was organised by the Centre de Droit Privé Fondamental (CDPF)…
In the News: A Review of the Manifesto in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by Prof. Dr. F.-C. Schroeder
Prof. Dr. F.-C. Schroeder welcomed the Manifesto for European Criminal Policy and discussed it in his review for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), a major German newspaper. The article is available in German only and can be downloaded here.