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OPINION (2023/2139(DEC))

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

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Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: Gilles Lebreton

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The Committee on Legal Affairs gives its opinion on the 2022 discharge for the European Public Prosecutor's Office. It asks the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution. It encourages the Office and European Delegated Prosecutors to keep working in a coordinated way and to supervise data processing effectively while respecting data protection rights. It regrets the Office's insufficient appreciation in handling waiver-of-immunity requests made to Parliament in 2022, stresses the Office's independence and its responsibility towards other institutions and the public, and recalls Parliament's support for the Office. It invites the Office, in its relations with national and European institutions, to understand and comply with their procedures without undermining its status and tasks.

Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs asks the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution. It supports the Office's work and independence, regrets its handling of waiver-of-immunity requests, and invites it to comply with institutional procedures.

Key points

  1. The Committee on Legal Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its suggestions into the motion for a resolution on the 2022 discharge.
  2. It encourages the European Public Prosecutor's services and the European Delegated Prosecutors to continue coordinated work and to ensure effective supervision of data processing while guaranteeing data protection rights.
  3. It regrets the insufficient appreciation shown by the European Public Prosecutor's Office in handling waiver-of-immunity requests made to Parliament in 2022.
  4. It stresses the independence of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the responsibility that imposes on it towards other institutions and the public in legal-system matters.
  5. It recalls Parliament's strong support for establishing the Office and acknowledges its role in investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes affecting the Union's financial interests.
  6. It notes that since starting operations on 1 June 2021 the Office has registered more than 4000 crime reports from participating member states and private parties, with over 929 investigations opened as of June 2022.
  7. It points out that the Office was set up recently but invites it, in official relations with national and European institutions, to gain insight into their procedures and comply with them without undermining its status and tasks.

Who is affected

  • European Public Prosecutor's Office: encouraged on coordination and data supervision, criticised on immunity waivers, reminded of its independence and duties.
  • European Delegated Prosecutors: encouraged to continue coordinated work and ensure effective data processing supervision.
  • Committee on Budgetary Control: asked to incorporate the suggestions into its motion for a resolution.
  • National and European institutions: the Office is invited to understand and comply with their procedures.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1 June 2021: date the Office started its operations.
  • more than 4000: crime reports registered from participating member states and private parties.
  • over 929: investigations opened as of June 2022.