P9_TA(2024)0125 – Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures – European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures (COM(2022)0684 – C9-0401/2022 – 2022/0398(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, international security, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, legal person, natural person, offence, third country




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C/2024/6566


12.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0125

Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures


European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures (COM(2022)0684 – C9-0401/2022 – 2022/0398(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2024/6566)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0684),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0401/2022),










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having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2022/2332 of 28 November 2022 on identifying the violation of Union restrictive measures as an area of crime that meets the criteria specified in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,










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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 23 March 2023
                   (2),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 20 December 2023 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 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee Budgets,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0235/2023),













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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 replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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






(1)  
            OJ L 308, 29.11.2022, p. 18.

(2)  
            OJ C 184, 25.5.2023, p. 59.






P9_TC1-COD(2022)0398


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2024 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures and amending Directive (EU) 2018/1673



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/1226.)




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