On the 2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Public Prosecutor's Office

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SUGGESTIONS

The Committee on Legal Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions into its motion for a resolution:

1. Encourages the services of the European Public Prosecutor and the European Delegated Prosecutors to continue their work in a coordinated fashion and to ensure the effective supervision of processing of the data they gather , at the same time guaranteeing respect for individuals’ rights with regard to data protection ;

2. Regrets the insufficient appreciation shown by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in the handling of waiver-of-immunity requests made to the European Parliament for waivers of immunity in 2022;

3. Stresses the independence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the particular responsibility that that imposes on it towards the other institutions and the public at large in areas falling with the remit of the legal system;

4. Recalls EP's strong support for the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor Office (EPPO); acknowledges the important roleof EPPO as an independent European Union body in investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes affecting the financial interests of the Union;highlights that since starting its operations on 1 June 2021, EPPO has registered more than 4000 crime reports from participating EU Member States and private parties and over 929 investigations have been opened (as of June 2022);

5. Points out that it was set up recently, but nonetheless invites it, in the official relations it is called upon to develop with national and European institutions, to gain an insight into the various procedures they implement and to comply with them , taking care not to undermine its status and tasks.

ANNEX: LIST OF ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR FOR THE OPINION HAS RECEIVED INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

Date adopted

29.11.2023

Result of final vote

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14

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Members present for the final vote

Pascal Arimont, Geoffroy Didier, Ibán García Del Blanco, Virginie Joron, Pierre Karleskind, Sergey Lagodinsky, Gilles Lebreton, Karen Melchior, Sabrina Pignedoli, Jiří Pospíšil, Raffaele Stancanelli, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Axel Voss, Marion Walsmann, Tiemo Wölken, Javier Zarzalejos

Substitutes present for the final vote

Daniel Buda, Pascal Durand, Heidi Hautala

Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote

Sylvie Guillaume, Pedro Marques, Anne-Sophie Pelletier

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

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