en: the initiation of criminal investigations, as well as proposing the initiation of prosecutions, conducted by competent national authorities, particularly those relating to offences against the financial interests of the Union;  
mt: il-bidu ta' investigazzjonijiet kriminali, kif ukoll proposta għall-bidu ta' prosekuzzjonijiet, immexxija minn awtoritajiet nazzjonali kompetenti, b'mod partikolari dawk relatati ma' reati kontra l-interessi finanzjarji ta' l-Unjoni;

en: (b)  
mt: b)

en: the coordination of investigations and prosecutions referred to in point (a);  
mt: il-kordinazzjoni ta' investigazzjonijiet u prosekuzzjonijiet previsti fil-punt (a);

en: (c)  
mt: ċ)

en: the strengthening of judicial cooperation, including by resolution of conflicts of jurisdiction and by close cooperation with the European Judicial Network.  
mt: it-tisħiħ ta' koperazzjoni ġudizzjarja, inkluża bir-riżoluzzjoni tal-kunflitti dwar il-ġurisdizzjoni u b'koperazzjoni mill-qrib mar-Rettikolat Ġudizzjarju Ewropew.

en: European laws shall also determine arrangements for involving the European Parliament and national Parliaments in the evaluation of Eurojust's activities.  
mt: Din il-liġi Ewropea għandha wkoll tiddetermina arranġamenti biex il-Parlament Ewropew u l-Parlamenti nazzjonali jkunu nvoluti fil-valutazzjoni ta' l-attivitajiet tal-Eurojust.

en: 2.  
mt: 2.

en: In the prosecutions referred to in paragraph 1, and without prejudice to Article III-274, formal acts of judicial procedure shall be carried out by the competent national officials.  
mt: Fil-prosekuzzjonijiet previsti fil-paragrafu 1, u bla preġudizzju għall-Artikolu III-274, atti formali ta' proċedura ġudizzjarja għandhom jitwettqu mill-uffiċjali nazzjonali kompetenti.

en: Article III-274  
mt: Artikolu III-274

en: 1.  
mt: 1.

en: In order to combat crimes affecting the financial interests of the Union, a European law of the Council may establish a European Public Prosecutor's Office from Eurojust.  
mt: Sabiex tiġi kumbattuta l-kriminalità li thedded l-interessi finanzjarji ta' l-Unjoni, liġi Ewropea tal-Kunsill tista' tistabbilixxi Uffiċċju tal-Prosekutur Pubbliku Ewropew mill-Eurojust.

en: The Council shall act unanimously after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.2.  
mt: Il-Kunsill għandu jaġixxi b'mod unanimu wara li jikseb il-kunsens tal-Parlament Ewropew.2.

en: The European Public Prosecutor's Office shall be responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment, where appropriate in liaison with Europol, the perpetrators of, and accomplices in, offences against the Union's financial interests, as determined by the European law provided for in paragraph 1.  
mt: L-Uffiċċju tal-Prosekutur Pubbliku Ewropew għandu jkun responsabbli għall-investigazzjoni, l-prosekuzzjoni u t-tkomplija tal-kawża sad-deċiżjoni, fejn xieraq flimkien ma' l-Europol, ta' l-awturi ta' reati u l-kompliċi tagħhom li jolqtu l-interessi finanzjarji ta' l-Unjoni, kif determinat mil-liġi Ewropea prevista fil-paragrafu 1.

en: It shall exercise the functions of prosecutor in the competent courts of the Member States in relation to such offences.3.  
mt: Għandu jwettaq il-funzjonijiet ta' prosekutur fil-qrati kompetenti ta' l-Istati Membri fir-rigward ta' dawn ir-reati.3.

en: The European law referred to in paragraph 1 shall determine the general rules applicable to the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the conditions governing the performance of its functions, the rules of procedure applicable to its activities, as well as those governing the admissibility of evidence, and the rules applicable to the judicial review of procedural measures taken by it in the performance of its functions.4.  
mt: Il-liġi Ewropea prevista fil-paragrafu 1 għandha tiddetermina r-regoli ġenerali applikabbli għall-Uffiċċju tal-Prosekutur Pubbliku Ewropew, il-kondizzjonijiet li jirregolaw it-twettiq tal-funzjonijiet tiegħu, r-regoli ta' proċedura applikabbli għall-attivitajiet tiegħu, kif ukoll dawk li jirregolaw l-ammissibilità tal-provi, u r-regoli applikabbli għall-istħarriġ ġudizzjarju tal-miżuri proċedurali meħuda minnu fit-twettiq tal-funzjonijiet tiegħu.4.

en: The European Council may, at the same time or subsequently, adopt a European decision amending paragraph 1 in order to extend the powers of the European Public Prosecutor's Office to include serious crime having a cross-border dimension and amending accordingly paragraph 2 as regards the perpetrators of, and accomplices in, serious crimes affecting more than one Member State.  
mt: Il-Kunsill Ewropew jista', fl-istess ħin jew wara, jadotta deċiżjoni Ewropea li temenda l-paragrafu 1 sabiex twessa' l-poteri ta' l-Uffiċċju tal-Prosekutur Pubbliku Ewropew biex jinkludu l-kriminalità serja b'dimensjoni transkonfinali u li temenda b'dan il-mod il-paragrafu 2 fir-rigward ta' l-awturi u l-kompliċi ta' kriminalità serja li tolqot iktar minn Stat Membru wieħed.

en: The European Council shall act unanimously after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament and after consulting the Commission.  
mt: Il-Kunsill Ewropew għandu jaġixxi b'mod unanimu wara li jikseb il-kunsens tal-Parlament Ewropew u wara li jikkonsulta l-Kummissjoni.

en: SECTION 5  
mt: SEZZJONI 5

en: POLICE COOPERATION  
mt: KOPERAZZJONI TAL-PULIZIJA

en: Article III-275  
mt: Artikolu III-275

en: 1.  
mt: 1.

en: The Union shall establish police cooperation involving all the Member States' competent authorities, including police, customs and other specialised law enforcement services in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.  
mt: L-Unjoni għandha tistabbilixxi koperazzjoni tal-pulizija li tinvolvi l-awtoritajiet kompetenti kollha ta' l-Istati Membri, inkluża l-pulizija, s-servizzi tad-dwana u servizzi oħrajn ripressivi speċjalizzati fil-qasam tal-prevenzjoni jew tal-kxif ta' reati u ta' l-investigazzjonijiet tagħhom.

en: 2.  
mt: 2.

en: For the purposes of paragraph 1, European laws or framework laws may establish measures concerning:  
mt: Għall-finijiet tal-paragrafu 1, liġi jew liġi kwadru Ewropea tista' tistabbilixxi miżuri li jikkonċernaw:

en: (a)  
mt: a)

en: the collection, storage, processing, analysis and exchange of relevant information;  
mt: il-ġabra, l-ħażna, l-ipproċessar, l-analiżi u l-iskambju ta' tagħrif rilevanti;

en: (b)  
mt: b)

en: support for the training of staff, and cooperation on the exchange of staff, on equipment and on research into crime-detection;  
mt: sostenn għat-taħriġ tal-persunal, u koperazzjoni dwar l-iskambju tal-persunal, dwar tagħmir u dwar ir-riċerka fil-kriminalità;

en: (c)  
mt: ċ)

en: common investigative techniques in relation to the detection of serious forms of organised crime.  
mt: tekniċi investigattivi komuni biex jinkixfu forom serji ta' kriminalità organizzata.

en: 3.  
mt: 3.

en: A European law or framework law of the Council may establish measures concerning operational cooperation between the authorities referred to in this Article.  
mt: Liġi jew liġi kwadru Ewropea tal-Kunsill tista' tistabbilixxi miżuri li jikkonċernaw il-koperazzjoni fil-ħidma bejn l-awtoritajiet previsti f'dan l-Artikolu.

en: The Council shall act unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.  
mt: Il-Kunsill għandu jaġixxi b'mod unanimu wara li jikkonsulta l-Parlament Ewropew.

en: Article III-276  
mt: Artikolu III-276

en: 1.  
mt: 1.