Violations of EU restrictive measures added to Article 83(1) crimes
Decision
The Parliament approved the Draft Council Decision on adding the violation of Union restrictive measures to the areas of crime laid down in Article 83(1) TFEU, adopted as P9_TA(2022)0295 following a vote on the item held in Strasbourg on 7 July 2022; the procedure references include 10287/2022, C9-0219/2022 and 2022/0176(NLE). The LIBE Committee handled the file and a simple majority was required for the vote.
What Changes
The adopted text identifies breaches of Union restrictive measures as an area of crime within the scope of Article 83(1) TFEU, thereby bringing such violations explicitly within the EU list of criminal areas. This formal classification modifies the legal framing of those violations at Union level.
Who Is Affected
The change concerns the legal treatment of violations of Union restrictive measures and the Article 83(1) TFEU framework that applies to those violations.
Sources
Official Documents
- Thursday, 7 July 2022 - Strasbourg Parliament adopted the Draft Council Decision to criminalize violations of Union restrictive measures under Article 83(1) TFEU.
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