COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Improving OLAF's governance and reinforcing procedural safeguards in investigations: A step-by-step approach to accompany the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
Date: 2013-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, administrative procedure, fraud, fraud against the EU, operation of the Institutions













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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Improving OLAF's governance and reinforcing procedural safeguards in investigations: A step-by-step approach to accompany the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office /* COM/2013/0533 final */









COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Improving OLAF's governance and
reinforcing procedural safeguards in investigations: A step-by-step approach to
accompany the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
1. Introduction: 
The European Anti-Fraud Office was set up
on 28 April 1999 by a Commission Decision to enhance the effectiveness of
action to combat fraud and other illegal activities detrimental to the
Community's interests. Council Regulation (EC) n° 1073/1999, Council Regulation
(EURATOM) n°1074/1999 and the Inter-institutional Agreement of 25 May 1999
stipulate how OLAF should carry out investigations. 
The Inter-institutional Agreement between
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission legally guarantees that
internal investigations can be carried out under equivalent conditions in the
three institutions and in all the other Community bodies, offices and agencies.

OLAF’s external investigative powers are
mainly those that were conferred upon the Commission under Regulations (EC,
Euratom) Nos 2988/95 (protection of the European Communities' financial
interests) and 2185/96 (on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the
Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests).
OLAF also works on the basis of Regulation (EC) 515/97 on mutual administrative
assistance.
Since the creation of OLAF, the protection
of the financial interests of the Union has been strengthened. Experience
gained over time showed that the governance of OLAF needed to be reinforced.
Two legislative proposals were put forward by the Commission, the first in 2004
and the second in 2006. Both proposals were designed to reinforce the
procedural guarantees applicable in OLAF investigations, as the regulatory
framework of 1999 was almost silent on this issue. 
2. The revised OLAF Regulation
On the basis of the Commission’s proposal
of March 2011, and after intensive negotiations, a compromise on the revised
OLAF Regulation was approved (unanimously) on 25 February 2013[1] by the Council and on 3 July
2013 by the European Parliament[2].

The revised regulation is designed to
strengthen the governance of OLAF, reinforcing procedural rights in internal
and external investigations and OLAF's exchange of information both with the
institutions and with the Member States’ authorities. 
3.
Envisaged measures in order to further consolidate the legal framework
The establishment of the European Public
Prosecutor's Office will bring about a substantial change in the way
investigations concerning fraud and other illegal activities affecting the
financial interests of the European Union are carried out in the Union.
In future, each time suspicions about
criminal conduct falling within the remit of the European Public Prosecutor’s
Office arise, the ensuing investigations will be conducted by the European
Public Prosecutor’s Office as a judicial body, rather than – as today –
by OLAF which carries out administrative investigations. This change
will of course entail a substantial reinforcement of the procedural guarantees
for the persons concerned by the investigations.
Under the proposed European Public
Prosecutor’s Office Regulation, whenever the European Public Prosecutor’s
Office opens an investigation all the reinforced procedural guarantees typical
of judicial investigations will apply. Thus where it intends to carry out
investigations vis-à-vis a member of staff of an EU institution, the European
Public Prosecutor’s Office will have to request the institution to lift the
immunity of the individual(s) to be investigated in accordance with Protocol N°
7 of the Treaties (see also Article 19 of the proposed European Public
Prosecutor’s Office Regulation). These provisions would also apply to members
of the Institutions, including the immunity of Members of the European
Parliament and of Members of the Commission.
Furthermore, the European Public
Prosecutor’s Office will carry out its investigative measures in compliance
with Article 26 of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office proposal and the
detailed rules of the national criminal law governing the respective measure.
For a series of most intrusive investigative measures as proposed in Article 26
(such as searches and seizures, interceptions of telecommunications, covert
investigations), there will be an EU level harmonised requirement for the European
Public Prosecutor’s Office to obtain a prior judicial authorisation to
undertake the intrusive measure. The investigative measures taken by the European
Public Prosecutor’s Office may be submitted to judicial review by the competent
national judge in accordance with the national rules of criminal procedure (see
Article 36 of the proposed European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation).
National law may provide for direct judicial protection against an
investigative act, thus allowing swift control of its legality during the
investigative phase before a case is brought to trial. 
A consequence of the future establishment
of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is that OLAF's role in relation to
possible criminal conduct affecting the EU's financial interests in internal
matters (i.e., in the EU institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union) will
be reduced. Once the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is established OLAF
will, in these cases, only provide preliminary evaluation of allegations
reported to it. It will no longer conduct investigations but may provide
assistance to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on its request (as it
already does today to national prosecutors). This change will facilitate a
speedier investigation process and will help to avoid duplications of
administrative and criminal investigations into the same facts. In this way,
the chances of a successful prosecution will be increased. 
It is clear that this fundamental shift of
approach from administrative to judicial investigations will
necessarily entail also a number of changes in the OLAF Regulation. These should
come into force concurrently with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation.
The Commission will table legislative proposals to that effect in due course.
In the meantime, the Commission considers it appropriate to envisage further
systemic improvements of the OLAF Regulation, which would come in addition to
those achieved with the current reform. These are inspired by the procedural
safeguards proposed in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation which
can be transposed, mutatis mutandis, into OLAF's administrative
investigations. Specifically, two key elements should be considered, namely: 
·                        
creating the office of a "Controller of
procedural safeguards" to perform a legal review of investigative
measures, and 
·                        
providing for enhanced procedural safeguards where
OLAF intends to carry out acts similar to searches and seizures in EU
institutions, bodies, offices and agencies.
The office of a "Controller of
procedural safeguards" would be administratively attached to the
Commission. The office of the Controller would be expressly endowed with
guarantees of complete independence vis-à-vis OLAF, the Commission and the
other EU institutions by the revised OLAF Regulation. The Controller of
procedural safeguards should be appointed by the Commission following a
procedure involving the Supervisory Committee, for a term of five years; he/she
should have a judicial background and possess senior legal expertise in the
fields of fundamental rights and criminal law. He/she should be tasked
exclusively with the monitoring of compliance with the procedural guarantees
applicable to OLAF investigations and of prompt handling of investigations to
avoid undue delay. He/she should be able to intervene on his/her own motion or
upon a complaint by any person concerned by an investigation. The Controller
would be obliged to hear such complaints in a swift but adversarial procedure.
His/her conclusions would not be formally binding upon the Director-General of
OLAF, but OLAF could decide not to follow his/her findings only by means of a
motivated note to be attached to the final report sent to the competent
judicial authorities. The Director-General of OLAF would have a general right
to consult the Controller of procedural safeguards on any matter related to the
respect of procedural guarantees and, in particular, in certain instances where
a person concerned must not be informed. The Controller of procedural
safeguards should have the staff necessary for the swift performance of his/her
duties. 
This new office would not replace the
current system of judicial control over OLAF's investigative action. It would
however usefully complement it: individuals concerned by OLAF investigations
would benefit from a new right of recourse, meaning that procedural
irregularities allegedly committed by OLAF would less frequently come to
scrutiny by a national judge at the trial stage or by the General Court in an
action for damages. The Controller would monitor compliance in all
investigations carried out independently by OLAF whatever their nature
(internal/external, affectation of the Union’s financial interests or not).
The function of the Controller of
procedural safeguards should be clearly distinguished from that of the OLAF
Supervisory Committee, which should continue to exercise its functions as
defined in the currently revised OLAF Regulation. These include monitoring systemic
developments regarding respect of certain conditions (such as procedural rights
and reasonable deadlines for handling cases) without interfering in investigations
in progress. To this end, the Controller of procedural safeguards should periodically give an
overview to the Supervisory Committee about his activities.
Second, new enhanced procedural safeguards
would be introduced for the most intrusive investigative measures that OLAF
is empowered to take in internal investigations, i.e. the power to inspect
offices and to take copies of documents or content of any data medium and take
custody of such documents or data – a power similar to that of "searches
and seizures". This is the only existing power of OLAF that is
functionally comparable to the intrusive judicial investigative measures
provided for in Article 26 of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation.
Conversely, OLAF has none of the other intrusive powers of European Public
Prosecutor’s Office; for example it has no power whatsoever to intercept
telecommunications. 
In developing these enhanced procedural
requirements, the Regulation would reflect the objective difference existing
between staff of the EU and members of its institutions, i.e.
members of European Parliament, the President of the European Council, members
of the Commission, Judges and Advocates-General of the EU courts, members of
the Court of Auditors and of the decision-making bodies of the European
Investment Bank and of the European Central Bank. This is justified given the
special responsibilities of these members and their special mode of election or
appointment under the Treaties, which distinguishes them from the staff whose
rights and obligations derive from the Staff Regulations. 
Where OLAF intends to make use of its power
to inspect offices of staff and to take copies of documents or content
of any data medium, it should be obliged to seek the prior opinion of the Controller
of procedural safeguards. Where the Controller has doubts about the
proportionality of the intended measure, OLAF could carry it out only after
having stated detailed reasons in a motivated note to be attached to its final
report.
Where OLAF intends to make use of its power
to inspect offices of a member of an EU institution and to take copies
of documents or content of any data medium, it would need to obtain a prior
quasi-judicial authorisation. The role of granting such authorisations to OLAF,
on request from its Director-General, should be entrusted to a person
possessing the ability required for appointment to judicial office, ideally a
former judge of the EU Courts. The person should be appointed in a special
inter-institutional procedure for a term set in the Regulation, and work
part-time. S/he should be assisted by the Controller of procedural safeguards
and his/her staff. 
4.         Conclusion
In sum, the Commission considers that a
step-by step approach is the best way to further strengthen OLAF's governance
and enhance procedural safeguards in its investigations. 
The Commission welcomes the fact that, as a
first step, the revised OLAF Regulation will now enter into force. 
As a second step, the Commission would consider
it appropriate to envisage further systemic improvements of the OLAF Regulation,
which are inspired by those procedural safeguards in the Commission's proposal
on establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office that can be
transposed to OLAF's administrative investigations and enacted even before the European
Public Prosecutor’s Office is established. Two such key improvements would be
the strengthening of legal review of investigative measures through the new
office of an independent Controller of procedural safeguards, and enhanced
procedural safeguards for acts similar to searches and seizures carried out by
OLAF in the institutions. The Commission will also propose the necessary
changes to the OLAF Regulation resulting from the establishment of the European
Public Prosecutor's Office. These should come into force concurrently with the
European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation. This will mean a system change,
moving from administrative to judicial investigations, and bring about substantial
changes to the way investigations on fraud and other criminal activities
affecting the EU's financial interests are conducted. It will entail a substantial
reinforcement of applicable procedural safeguards.
LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
FRAMEWORK OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE 
Title of the proposal/initiative 
Communication
from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions
“Improving
OLAF's governance and reinforcing procedural safeguards in investigations
A
step-by-step approach to accompany the establishment of the European Public
Prosecutor's Office”
Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure[3]

Policy
area: 24.01. Administrative expenditure of policy area Fight against fraud
Nature of the proposal/initiative 
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to a new
action 
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to a new
action following a pilot project/preparatory action[4] 
X The
proposal/initiative relates to the extension of an existing action 
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to an
action redirected towards a new action 
Objective(s)
The Commission's multiannual strategic objective(s)
targeted by the proposal/initiative 
Fight
against fraud-Article 325 TFEU
Specific objective(s) and ABM/ABB activity(ies)
concerned 
Specific
objective No. 7.1.a
ABM/ABB
activity(ies) concerned
24.01.
Administrative expenditure of policy area Fight against fraud
Expected result(s) and impact
Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative
should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted.
The
establishment of a “Controller of procedural safeguards” is expected to lead
to:
- Enhanced
protection of the procedural rights of persons concerned by OLAF
investigations.
- Increased
transparency in internal and external investigations
- Improved
monitoring of compliance with the procedural requirements for investigations
-
Possibility of intervention on complaint by any person concerned by an OLAF
investigation before the “Controller of procedural safeguards”. 
Indicators of results and impact 
Specify the indicators for monitoring implementation
of the proposal/initiative.
- Prompt
handling of complaints without undue delay.
-
Organisation of a swift adversarial procedure, independent from OLAF
Grounds for the proposal/initiative 
Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term 
The
establishment of the “Controller of procedural safeguards” should enhance the
respect of procedural rights of persons concerned by OLAF internal and external
investigations and raise OLAF’s accountability. 
Added value of EU involvement
The added
value of the “Controller of procedural safeguards” will consist in its ability
to monitor the compliance with the procedural rights provided by the OLAF
regulation and to promptly handle complaints by persons concerned without undue
delay. The controller will ensure that the procedural rights of persons
concerned are fully complied with by OLAF. 
Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past
The revised
OLAF Regulation which should enter into force in October 2013 provides for
a set of procedural rights for the persons concerned by OLAF’s internal and
external investigations, as well as for the witnesses.
The
Commission has previously introduced in its previous proposal to amend
Regulation No. 1073/1999 on investigations conducted by OLAF- COM (2006)244
final- the concept of a “Review adviser” and in its 2011 amended proposal – COM
(2011)135-  the concept a of “review procedure”. Both proposed functions were
designed to ensure a swift control of the compliance with procedural rights of
persons concerned by OLAF investigations.
However,
both proposals were not acceptable to the legislator because of difficulties to
reconcile a high degree of independence from OLAF with the need for
cost-efficiency and cost-neutrality.
The
Commission suggests now the office of a "Controller of procedural
safeguards" would be administratively attached to the Commission. The
office of the Controller would be expressly endowed with guarantees of
complete independence vis-à-vis OLAF, the Commission and the other EU
institutions by the revised OLAF Regulation. The Controller of procedural
safeguards should be appointed by the Commission following a procedure
involving the Supervisory Committee, for a term of five years; he/she should
have a judicial background and possess senior legal expertise in the fields of
fundamental rights and criminal law. He/she should be tasked exclusively with
the monitoring of compliance with the procedural guarantees applicable to OLAF
investigations and of prompt handling of investigations to avoid undue delay.
He/she should be able to intervene on his/her own motion or upon a complaint by
any person concerned by an investigation.
This
function should be separated from the mission of the Supervisory Committee of OLAF
which will continue to supervise functions of monitoring systemic shortcomings
and support the independence of OLAF.
Compatibility and possible synergy with other
appropriate instruments
The
revised OLAF Regulation: On the basis of the
Commission’s proposal of March 2011, and after intensive negotiations, a
compromise on the revised OLAF Regulation was approved (unanimously) on 25
February 2013 by the Council and on 3 July 2013 by the European Parliament.
The revised
regulation is designed to strengthen the governance of OLAF, reinforcing
procedural rights in internal and external investigations and OLAF's exchange
of information both with the institutions and with the Member States’
authorities.
The Office
of the Controller completes the revised Regulation with an independent handling
of complaints concerning the rights provided in the revised Regulation. 
The
Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office: The establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office will
bring about a substantial change in the way investigations concerning fraud and
other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the European
Union are carried out in the Union.
In future,
each time suspicions about criminal conduct falling within the remit of the
European Public Prosecutor’s Office arise, the ensuing investigations will be
conducted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office as a prosecutorial body,
rather than – as today – by OLAF which carries out administrative
investigations. This change will of course entail a substantial reinforcement
of the procedural guarantees for the persons concerned by the investigations.
The
reinforcement of procedural guarantees of persons concerned by OLAF
investigations through the establishment of a Controller of procedural
safeguards represents a preparatory step in the direction of establishing the
EPPO. 
Duration and financial impact 
¨ Proposal/initiative of limited duration 
¨ Proposal/initiative
in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY 
¨ Financial
impact from YYYY to YYYY
X Proposal/initiative
of unlimited duration
Implementation with a start-up period from 2015 to 2016,
followed by full-scale operation.
Management mode(s) planned[5] 
X Direct
management by the Commission 
              ¨ Shared management with the Member States

¨ Indirect management by entrusting budget
implementation tasks to:
¨ international
organisations and their agencies (to be specified);
¨the EIB and the European
Investment Fund;
¨ bodies referred to in
Articles 208 and 209;
¨ public law bodies;
¨ bodies governed by
private law with a public service mission to the extent that they provide
adequate financial guarantees;
¨ bodies governed by the
private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a
public-private partnership and that provide adequate financial guarantees;
¨ persons entrusted with
the implementation of specific actions in the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the
TEU, and identified in the relevant basic act.
Comments 
[…]
[…]
MANAGEMENT MEASURES 
Monitoring and reporting rules 
Specify frequency and conditions.
The
“Controller of procedural safeguards” should periodically give an overview of
its activities to the Supervisory Committee of OLAF. 
Management and control system 
Risk(s) identified 
Processing
of personal data in complaints by persons concerned by OLAF investigations. 
Control method(s) envisaged 
Ex- post
controls by the European Court of Auditors 
Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities 
Specify existing or envisaged prevention and
protection measures.
Adoption of
rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of
its staff members.
ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE 
Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework
and expenditure budget line(s) affected 
Existing budget lines 
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
 Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution 
 Number Heading 5 – Administrative expenditure || Diff./non-diff. ([6])   || from EFTA countries[7]   || from candidate countries[8]   || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 21(2)(b) of the Financial Regulation 
   || XX.YY European Commission || DIFF || NO || NO || NO || NO 
New budget lines requested 
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and
budget lines.
 Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution 
 Number [Heading …...….] || Diff./non-diff. || from EFTA countries || from candidate countries || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 21(2)(b) of the Financial Regulation 
   || [XX.YY.YY.YY]   ||   || YES/NO || YES/NO || YES/NO || YES/NO 
Estimated impact on expenditure 
Summary of estimated impact on expenditure 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 Heading of multiannual financial framework || Number || [Heading……………...……………………………………………………………….] 
 [Body]: <…….> ||   ||   || Year N[9]   || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) || TOTAL 
 Title 1: || Commitments || (1) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Payments || (2) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Title 2: || Commitments || (1a) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Payments || (2a) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Title 3: || Commitments || (3a) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
   || Payments || (3b) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 TOTAL appropriations for [body] <…….> || Commitments || =1+1a +3 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Payments || =2+2a +(3b) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Heading of multiannual financial framework || 5 || "Administrative expenditure" 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
   ||   ||   || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 ||   || TOTAL 
 Controller of procedural safeguard || 
 Ÿ Human resources || 0.262 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 ||   || 2.882 
 Ÿ Other administrative expenditure || 0.012 || 0.025 || 0.025 || 0.025 || 0.025 || 0.025 ||   || 0.137 
 TOTAL || Appropriations || 0.274 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 ||   || 3.019 
 TOTAL appropriations for HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || 0.274 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 ||   || 3.019 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
   ||   ||   || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 ||   || TOTAL 
 TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 5 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || 0.274 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 ||   || 3.019 
 Payments || 0.274 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 || 0.549 ||   || 3.019 
Estimated
impact on [body]'s appropriations 
¨ The
proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations 
¨ The
proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as
explained below:
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three
decimal places)
 Indicate objectives and outputs   ò ||   ||   || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 ||   ||   || TOTAL 
 OUTPUTS 
 Type[10]   || Average cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No || Cost || No total || Total cost 
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE NO 1[11] ...   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 - Output ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 - Output ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 - Output ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Subtotal for specific objective No 1 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE NO 2 ... ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 - Output ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Subtotal for specific objective No 2 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 TOTAL COST ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
Estimated impact on [body]'s human resources 
Summary 
¨ The
proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an
administrative nature 
þ The
proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative
nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
   || 2015[12] || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 ||   || TOTAL 
 Officials (AD grades) || 0.196 || 0.393 || 0.393 || 0.393 || 0.393 || 0.393 ||   || 2.161 
 Officials (AST grades) || 0.066 || 0.131 || 0.131 || 0.131 || 0.131 || 0.131 ||   || 0.721 
 Contract staff ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Temporary staff ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Seconded National Experts ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 TOTAL || 0.262 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 || 0.524 ||   || 2.882 
 Human resources Controller of procedural safeguard || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 
 Establishment plan posts (in headcounts) || 2 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
 - Of which AD || 1,5 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 
 - Of which AST || 0,5 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 
 Total staff || 2 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
 Estimated requirements of human resources for the
parent DG
¨ The
proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources. 
þ The
proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below:
 ||   || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 
   ||   || Ÿ Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) || 
 || XX YY Staff EC || 2 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || XX 01 01 02 (Delegations) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || XX 01 05 01 (Indirect research) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || 10 01 05 01 (Direct research) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 ||   ||   || Ÿ External staff (in Full Time Equivalent: FTE)   
 || XX 01 02 01 (CA, SNE, INT from the ‘global envelope’) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || XX 01 02 02 (CA, LA, SNE, INT and JED in the delegations) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || XX 01 04 yy   || - at Headquarters ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || - in delegations   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || XX 01 05 02 (CA, SNE, INT - Indirect research) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || 10 01 05 02 (CA, SNE, INT- Direct research) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || Other budget lines (specify) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 || TOTAL || 2 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
XX is the
policy area or budget title concerned.
The human resources required will be met by staff from
the DG who are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been
redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation
which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure
and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Description of
tasks to be carried out:
 Officials and temporary agents || Monitoring of compliance with the procedural guarantees applicable to OLAF investigations and of prompt handling of investigations to avoid undue delay. Handling of complaints in a swift and adversarial procedure. 
Description of the calculation of cost for
FTE equivalent should be included in the Annex, section 3. 
Compatibility with the current multiannual financial
framework 
þ Proposal/initiative
is compatible the current multiannual financial framework.
¨ Proposal/initiative
will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the multiannual financial
framework.
o Proposal/initiative
requires application of the flexibility instrument or revision of the
multiannual financial framework[13].
Third-party contributions 
þ The proposal/initiative
does not provide for co-financing by third parties. 
The proposal/initiative provides for the co-financing estimated
below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
   || Year N || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) || Total 
 Specify the co-financing body ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 TOTAL appropriations cofinanced ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   

Estimated impact on revenue 
þ Proposal/initiative
has no financial impact on revenue.
¨ Proposal/initiative
has the following financial impact:
¨         on
own resources 
¨         on
miscellaneous revenue 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 Budget revenue line: || Appropriations available for the current financial year || Impact of the proposal/initiative[14]   
 Year N || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) 
 Article …………. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
For miscellaneous ‘assigned’ revenue, specify the
budget expenditure line(s) affected.
[…]
Specify the method for calculating the impact on
revenue.
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[1]               Position no 2/2013 of the Council at first reading
adopted on 25/02/2013, OJ C 89 E/27.03.2013.
[2]               P7_TA(2013)0308.
[3]               ABM: activity-based management – ABB: activity-based
budgeting.
[4]               As referred to in Article 54(2)(a) or (b) of the
Financial Regulation.
[5]               Details of management modes and references to the
Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: http://www.cc.cec/budg/man/budgmanag/budgmanag_en.html
[6]               Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. =
Non-differentiated appropriations.
[7]               EFTA: European Free Trade Association. 
[8]               Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential
candidate countries from the Western Balkans.
[9]               Year N is the year in which implementation of the
proposal/initiative starts.
[10]             Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.:
number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
[11]             As described in point 1.4.2. ‘Specific objective(s)…’
[12] During the first year in the start-up phase recruitment will grow
progressively, hence 50% of the staff will be needed in 2016.
[13]             See points 19 and 24 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement for the period 2007-2013.
[14]             As regards traditional own resources (customs duties,
sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts
after deduction of 25% for collection costs.