Annexes to COM(2013)851 - Review of the proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office with regard to the principle of subsidiarity

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Annex 1. The issued reasoned opinions represent 18 votes out of 56. In accordance with Article 7(2) of Protocol No 2, the threshold to trigger the review is 14.

[7]               See, for example, Case C-58/08, Vodafone [2010] ECR I-4999, paragraph 72; or Case C-377/98, Netherlands v Parliament and Council [2001] ECR I-7079, paragraph 32.

[8]               Case C-233/94, Germany v Parliament and Council [1997] ECR I-2405, paragraph 25.

[9]               Cited in Fn. 6, paragraphs 55 to 60.

[10]             COM(2012) 363 of 11 July 2012.

[11]             OLAF report 2011, pp. 18-20.

[12]             An action represents a criminal action pursued against a single natural or legal person in one country's jurisdiction. Each case may contain multiple actions in a number of countries.

[13]             Percentage of actions transferred in the period from 2006-2011 by OLAF to Member States without reported judicial decisions, OLAF report 2011, table 6, p. 20.

[14]             51,2% of the actions transferred in the period from 2006-2011 by OLAF to Member States with reported judicial decision were dismissed before trial, OLAF report 2011, table 6, p. 20.

[15]             OLAF report 2011, table 6, p. 20.

[16]             See, for example, Case T-29/03, Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía v Commission [2004] ECR II-2923, paragraph 37; and Case T-309/03, Camós Grau v Commission [2006] ECR II-1173, paragraph 51.

[17]             Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), OJ L 248, of 18 September 2013, pp.  1-22) which entered into force on 1 October 2013.

[18]             See COM 2013(173) for Europol and COM 2013(535) for Eurojust. The implementation period for the previous Eurojust reform (Council Decision 2009/426 JHA of 16 December 2008) expired on 4 June 2011.

[19]             COM(2012) 363.