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Asset recovery and confiscation

TA-9-2024-0141 · P9_TA(2024)0141 · PE742.501

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Parliament's position on a proposed directive sets rules on asset recovery and confiscation. It covers tracing, freezing, managing and confiscating criminal assets, including unexplained wealth, and sets up asset recovery offices.

Key points

  1. Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the proposed directive on asset recovery and confiscation.
  2. The position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/1260, after agreement with the Council.
  3. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the proposal is replaced or substantially amended.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 82(2), Article 83(1) and (2) and Article 87(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.