P7_TA(2014)0120 Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2014 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime in the European Union (COM(2012)0085 — C7-0075/2012 — 2012/0036(COD)) P7_TC1-COD(2012)0036 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 February 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union
Date: 2014-02-25
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: associated action for damages, confiscation of property, criminal procedure, fight against crime, injunction, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, money laundering, mutual recognition principle, organised crime, seizure of goods








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29.8.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 285/287





P7_TA(2014)0120
Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2014 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime in the European Union (COM(2012)0085 — C7-0075/2012 — 2012/0036(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2017/C 285/36)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0085),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 82(2) and 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0075/2012),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 July 2012 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 10 October 2012 (2),










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having regard to the opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights of 4 December 2012,










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 3 December 2013 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0178/2013),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 299, 4.10.2012, p. 128.

(2)  OJ C 391, 18.12.2012, p. 134.


P7_TC1-COD(2012)0036
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 February 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2014/42/EU.)