Changes from plenary report to adopted text

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14, Article 26a – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall take the necessary legislative measures to allow for collection and sharing of information in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, including information containing personal data of victims between the competent authorities and victim support services to ensure access to information and appropriate support and protection of individual victims.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14, Article 26b – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure that victims of crime may exercise their rights provided for in Article 3a, Article 4(1), Article 5(1) and (3), Article 5a, Article 6(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) and Article 10b using electronic means of communication.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14, Article 26c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that reasonable accommodation and procedural accommodations are provided for victims with disabilities upon request.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15, Article 27a – paragraph 1 – point f a (new): (fa) the use of barring, restraining and protection orders to provide protection for victims as referred to in Article 23 of this Directive do not affect Member States’ obligations to ensure the physical integrity of victims of violence against women and domestic violence and their dependants provided for in Article 21 of Directive (EU) …/… [on combating violence against women and domestic violence].

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15, Article 27a – point f b (new): (fb) the obligation to take measures pursuant to Article 25 of this Directive does not affect Member State’s obligation to take targeted measures under Article 37 of Directive (EU) …/… [on combating violence against women and domestic violence]’.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16, Article 28 – paragraph 1: 1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to establish a system for the collection, production and dissemination of statistics on victims of crime. The statistics shall include data relevant to the application of national procedures on victims of crime, including at least the number and type of reported crimes and the number, the age, sex, gender and disability, if any, of the victims, the type of the offence and the nature of the relationship between the victim and the offender. They shall also include information on how victims have accessed the rights set out in this Directive and whether victims have suffered a crime due to a bias or discriminatory motive as set out in Article 22. Such statistics shall allow for developing qualitative analysis, including on remaining barriers when reporting crimes and accessing victims’ rights.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16, Article 28 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall collect the statistics referred to in this Article on the basis of common disaggregation developed in cooperation with the Commission (Eurostat and the Victims Rights’ Coordinator) and experts in the field of victims’ rights. They shall transmit this data to the Commission (Eurostat) every three years. Member States shall have a synchronised timeline for this reporting to ensure data comparability. The transmitted data shall not contain personal data.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16, Article 28 – paragraph 3: 3. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shall support Member States and the Commission in the collection, production and dissemination and qualitative analysis of statistics on victims of crime and in reporting on how victims have accessed the rights set out in this Directive.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16, Article 28 – paragraph 5: 5. The Member States shall make the collected statistics available to the public in an easily accessible manner. In compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 the statistics shall not contain personal data.

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new), Article 28 a (new): (16a) the following Articles are inserted: / Article 28a / Coordination of the EU strategy on victims’ rights / 1. In order to ensure consistency and effectiveness of actions in relation to victims’ rights policy, Member States shall facilitate the tasks of Victims' Rights Coordinator, established by the Commission. / 2. The Victims' Rights Coordinator shall in particular ensure a smooth functioning of the Victims’ Rights Platform and implementation of the EU Strategy on victims’ rights and this Directive as well as synchronise victims’ rights related actions of other Union level stakeholders, notably where relevant to the application of this Directive.’

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new), Article 28 b (new): Article 28b / Resources / Member States shall ensure adequate and stable human, technical and financial resources for the full and timely implementation of this Directive, including for public and non-governmental organisations’ support services.’

RemovedDirective 2012/29/EU

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17, Article 29 – paragraph 1: By … [six years after the adoption of this Directive], the Commission shall submit a report on the application of this Directive to the European Parliament and the Council. The report shall assess the extent to which the Member States have taken the necessary measures to comply with this Directive, including the technical implementation. The Commission shall take into consideration the findings of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Eurostat in that report.