European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Portuguese Republic with a view to adopting a Council Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal procedure (9650/2000 – C5-0392/2000 — 2000/0813(CNS))
Date: 2000-12-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: crime against individuals, criminal procedure, damages, help for victims, indemnification, victim

C 232/72

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

17.8.2001

Tuesday 12 December 2000

TEXT PROPOSED BY
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to com-
ply with this Framework Decision by …

Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply
with this Framework Decision by the following deadlines:

(Amendment 57)
Article 16(1)

(a)

for Article 10, within three years of the entry into
force of this framework decision;

(b) for Articles 5 and 6, within one year of the entry into

force of this framework decision;

(c)

for the remaining provisions, within six months of
the entry into force of this framework decision.

(Amendment 58)
Article 16(2)

2. Member States shall forward, by …, to the General Secre-
tariat of the Council and to the Commission the text of the
provisions transposing into national
law the obligations laid
down by this Framework Decision. The Council shall assess
by …, by means of a report drawn up by the General Secretar-
iat of the Council on the basis of the information received from
Member States and a report in writing submitted by the Com-
mission, to what extent the Member States have complied with
this Framework Decision.

Article 16a

Evaluation

Member States shall forward, by the dates specified in Arti-
cle 16 above, to the General Secretariat of the Council and to
the Commission the text of the provisions transposing into
national law the obligations laid down by this Framework Deci-
sion. The Council shall, within one year of the above-men-
tioned dates, assess, by means of a report drawn up by the
General Secretariat of the Council on the basis of the informa-
tion received from Member States and a report in writing sub-
mitted by the Commission, to what extent the Member States
have complied with this Framework Decision.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Portuguese Republic with a
view to adopting a Council Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal procedure
(9650/2000 - C5-0392/2000 - 2000/0813(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

( having regard to the initiative of the Portuguese Republic (9650/2000) (1),

( having regard to Article 34(2) (b) of the EU Treaty,

( having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty (C5-0392/2000),

( having regard to Rules 106 and 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

( having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and the Commit-
tee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0355/2000),

(1) OJ C 243, 24.8.2000, p. 4.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Tuesday 12 December 2000

1.

Approves the initiative of the Portuguese Republic, subject to Parliament’s amendments;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parlia-

2.
ment;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the initia-

3.
tive of the Portuguese Republic;

Calls on all Member States to ratify the European Convention of 24 November 1983 on the Com-

4.
pensation of the Victims of Violent Crime;

Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council, the Commission and the Government

5.
of the French Republic.