Vote on the Revision of the OLAF Regulation
16-10-2020 - 08:36
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) was set to assume its investigative and prosecutorial tasks as of November 2020. It became therefore necessary to render the OLAF and EPPO Regulations compatible. Against this backdrop, the Commission adopted the proposal amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as regards cooperation with the EPPO and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations.
At the same time, the revision of the OLAF Regulation offered the opportunity to further improve the functioning of OLAF and its investigations.
On 15 October 2020, the Budgetary Control Committee voted on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the OLAF Regulation. The third and last interinstitutional trilogue meeting took place on 26 June 2020 in the European Parliament, and in remote participation. The first two trilogue meetings were held on 5 November and 12 December 2019 respectively. On the CONT meeting of 6 July 2020, the Rapporteur for the revision of the OLAF Regulation reported back to CONT Committee on the outcome of the trilogue negotiations.
On 15 October 2020, the Budgetary Control Committee voted on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the OLAF Regulation. The third and last interinstitutional trilogue meeting took place on 26 June 2020 in the European Parliament, and in remote participation. The first two trilogue meetings were held on 5 November and 12 December 2019 respectively. On the CONT meeting of 6 July 2020, the Rapporteur for the revision of the OLAF Regulation reported back to CONT Committee on the outcome of the trilogue negotiations.
As the interinstitutional negotiations have led to a compromise, in accordance with Rule 74(4) of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure, the provisional agreement has been submitted as a whole to the CONT Committee for confirmation by way of a single vote.