The United Kingdom opt-in to the draft directive on proceeds of crime: 32nd report of session 2010-12, report

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee

The United Kingdom opt-in to the draft directive on proceeds of crime: 32nd report of session 2010-12, report
Format
Paperback
Publisher
TSO
Country
United Kingdom
Published
27 April 2012
Pages
11
ISBN
9780108475849

The United Kingdom opt-in to the draft directive on proceeds of crime: 32nd report of session 2010-12, report

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee

The UK opt-in allows the Government to choose whether the UK will be bound by EU measures in the field of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). Since the Treaty of Lisbon has come into force, the opt-in applies to an increasing number of measures. The Committee has scrutinised the draft Directive, which restates and amplifies the provisions of EU law that set out the minimum measures Member States should adopt for freezing and confiscating the proceeds of crime; measures that are of great importance in the fight against serious organised crime. The UK already implements EU legislation on this topic, and has national law which is, in many respects, stronger than the minimum required by EU law. The Committee acknowledges that the draft Directive is far from perfect. In particular, it does not deal with the mutual recognition and enforcement of orders made by other Member States, and there are legal difficulties which are referred to in the report.Nevertheless, the Committee recommend that the Government should opt-in to this draft Directive. This will allow the UK to take part in negotiations and seek to improve the Directive. The Committee believes that not opting-in to the Directive would send the message that the Government does not appreciate the importance of confiscating the proceeds of crime.

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