Report on Penal and Administrative Sanctions, Settlement, Whistleblowing and Corpus Juris in the Candidate Countries

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Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
18
Issue: 
1
19
Abstract: 
On September 19, 2001, Christine Van Den Wyngaert, Professor of Law, University of Antwerp, submitted a report on the protection of the financial interests of the EU in the candidate states. The study was conducted in nine states that are accession candidates of the European Union. The goal of the study is review the ?state of preparation? for accession in the candidate statutes in the study on one specific point: the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities. The report makes a number of recommendations. Recommendation 1 is that candidate states that have not yet (adequately) implemented the ?acqusi offenses? such as EU fraud, corruption, money laundering and receiving, participation in a criminal organization (conspiracy) and counterfeiting the Euro by adopting appropriate provisions in their national criminal organization (conspiracy) and counterfeiting the Euro by adopting appropriate provisions in their national criminals, should do so before accession. The EU should take into account the duty of assimilating offenses against the EU with corresponding national offenses.