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EU: Meijers Committee: Gaps and inconsistencies in legal protection in EU criminal law

11 April 2015

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"The current body of EU criminal law offers inconsistent and incomplete legal protection to European citizens. Shortcomings are found in the procedural safeguards in instruments of mutual recognition, the proposal on a European Public Prosecutors Office and the criteria used to decide on criminalization of conduct at the EU level. In light of an expert meeting held at the European Parliament in January 2015, the Meijers Committee publishes three short notes on gaps and inconsistencies in the legal protection offered by EU criminal law. This third note concerns the use of criteria to determine whether material prohibitions are appropriate at the EU level and the role of the European Parliament therein."

  • Inconsistencies in applied grounds for adopting Union-wide criminal prohibitions (pdf)

  • Inconsistent legal protection in mutual recognition instruments (pdf)

  • Legal Protection and the future European Public Prosecutors Office (pdf)



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