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On the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/62/EU as regards certain reporting requirements

Document LIBE-PR-758979 · COM(2023)0582 – C90382/2023 – 2023/0355(COD)

Kind: Report parliamentary committee draft LIBE-PR-758979
Date: 13 February 2024
Committee: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Dossier: 2023-0355

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Reference: COM(2023)0582 – C90382/2023 – 2023/0355(COD)

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Subject matter: INFO, COJP, EURO
Reference: COM(2023)0582 – C90382/2023 – 2023/0355(COD)

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The rapporteur's draft report supports the Commission proposal to amend Directive 2014/62/EU by abolishing the obligation for member states' authorities to send the Commission statistical data on counterfeiting offences and on persons prosecuted and convicted. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt its first-reading position taking over the Commission proposal without amendments. He supports the proposal because the Counterfeiting Monitoring System, a European Central Bank platform, already provides timely, comparable data on counterfeit banknotes and coins. He says the proposal must not lead to a systematic reduction or deletion of reporting obligations in other EU criminal law instruments, and calls on the Commission to keep monitoring member states' implementation of EU law.

Position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt its first-reading position taking over the Commission proposal without amendments, while stressing continued monitoring of member states' implementation of EU law.

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The draft report concerns a Commission proposal for a decision amending Directive 2014/62/EU on the protection of the euro as regards certain reporting requirements.
The proposal is part of a Commission package to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements on companies and public administrations, linked to the Communication on the long-term competitiveness of the EU.
The Commission proposes to abolish the obligation for member states' competent authorities to transmit statistical data to the Commission on the number of counterfeiting offences and on the number of persons prosecuted and convicted, as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2014/62/EU.
The rapporteur supports the abolition because it would not undermine the directive's policy objectives or the overview and comparability of statistical data used to monitor counterfeiting.
Data exchange is ensured through the Counterfeiting Monitoring System, a dedicated European Central Bank platform where member states' authorities register data on counterfeit banknotes and coins under Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001.
This centralised information is available to member states, the Commission and Europol, and is complemented by public reports and qualitative information collected in expert groups.
The rapporteur's support rests on the understanding that the proposal should not lead to a systematic reduction or deletion of reporting obligations in other EU criminal law instruments.
The rapporteur proposes that the Commission proposal be adopted without amendments.
The rapporteur and the LIBE Committee will continue to call on the Commission to monitor member states' transposition and implementation of EU law and to act promptly, including through infringement procedures.

Who is affected

Member states' competent authorities, which would no longer have to transmit statistical data on counterfeiting offences and prosecutions and convictions to the Commission.
The Commission, which would lose that statistical reporting but continues to receive data through the Counterfeiting Monitoring System.
Companies and public administrations, which the wider simplification package aims to relieve of reporting requirements.

Legal basis. Article 294(2) and Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(COM(2023)0582 – C90382/2023 – 2023/0355(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0582),

–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 (C90382/2023),

–having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A90000/2024),

1.Adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal;

2.Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

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

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This proposal for a Decision to amend Directive 2014/62/EU on the protection of the euro is part of a package of proposals adopted by the Commission that seek to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements on companies and public administrations, in line with the Commission’s Communication on the ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’ (COM(2023)168). The rapporteur can fully support the general objective of reducing administrative burden and streamlining legislation, where this well justified and has no negative impact on policy objectives.

In this specific case, the Commission proposes to abolish the obligation for Member States’ competent authorities to transmit statistical data to the Commission on the number of counterfeiting offences and on the number of persons prosecuted and convicted of the counterfeiting offences, as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2014/62/EU. The rapporteur can support this proposal, given that it will not undermine the policy objectives of Directive 2014/62/EU nor the overview and comparability of statistical data used to monitor the phenomenon of counterfeiting. In particular, the timely exchange of full, up-to-date and comparable data at national and European level is in place via the Counterfeiting Monitoring System, a dedicated ECB platform, where Member States’ authorities register data on counterfeit banknotes and coins on a regular basis, in accordance with Articles 3(3), 4(2) and 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting. This centralised information is made available to the Member States, the Commission and Europol. It is complemented by public reports and the collection of qualitative information in expert groups, and enables the Commission to have an overview of the size and trends of the counterfeiting phenomenon, to monitor the situation, and to assess the effectiveness of the overall EU legislative framework in place.

The rapporteur’s support for this proposal is also based on the clear understanding that - as the Commission has itself emphasised - this proposal should in no way lead to a systematic reduction or deletion of reporting obligations provided for in other EU criminal law instruments.

For these reasons, the rapporteur is proposing that this Commission proposal be adopted without amendments.

The rapporteur nonetheless wishes to stress that he - and the LIBE Committee as a whole - will continue to call on the Commission to effectively monitor the proper transposition and implementation by Member States of EU law, and to take prompt and adequate action where necessary, including by launching infringement procedures.

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European Parliament (2024). “DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/62/EU as regards certain reporting requirements”. Text, 13 February 2024. docId LIBE-PR-758979. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/LIBE-PR-758979 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/LIBE-PR-758979 (CC BY 4.0).

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