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Draft amending budget No 3/2024: Reinforcing the European Public Prosecutor's Office following the accession of Poland and the expected participation of Sweden

TA-9-2024-0375 · P9_TA(2024)0375 · PE761.019

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2024, which reinforces the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) budget for 2024 following Poland's accession and Sweden's expected participation. It welcomes the enlargement, underlines the need for additional resources, and calls on the Commission to provide further resources and IT services until the EPPO is IT-independent.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2024.
  2. Welcomes Poland's accession and Sweden's expected participation, bringing participating Member States to 24, and notes the EPPO will investigate offences affecting the Union's financial interests in those states.
  3. Underlines the need for additional financial and human resources for the EPPO, including for recruitment of European Prosecutors, support functions, and operational and salary expenditure.
  4. Notes that the Commission will stop providing digital workplace services from 2025 and that the EPPO has requested resources for IT independence.
  5. Regrets that the draft amending budget lacks resources for full effectiveness, growing workload, and IT autonomy; calls on the Commission to include additional resources as per Decision 016/2024 and provide IT services until then.
  6. Underlines the need for EPPO independence through budgetary autonomy; notes the Eurojust support option has not materialised; calls on the Commission to transmit the staffing review results without delay.

Who is affected

  • The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), which receives additional budget and posts, and must prepare for IT independence.
  • Poland and Sweden, whose participation in the EPPO is confirmed or expected, subjecting them to EPPO investigations.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 3,6 million in commitment and payment appropriations and 20 establishment plan posts are added to the EPPO's 2024 budget.
  • The number of participating Member States will reach 24 with Poland and Sweden.

Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community