Dutch Law Association for the Study of the Protection of the Financial Interests of the EU Netherlands

Nederlandse Vereniging tot bestudering van de bescherming van de financiële belangen van de EU (Dasec)

Dasec was founded in 1990 as one of the first associations. Since then Dasec has engaged in many activities concerning the legal protection of the financial interests of the EU. First, several conferences were organised, for instance, on:

  • The harmonisation of criminal law provisions concerning the legal protection of financial interests in the member states of the EU (1991)
  • Administrative assistance in EU-fraudcases (1992/1993)
  • Protection against VAT-fraud in the EU (1994) - Structural Funds (1996)
  • Legal instruments for the protection of the financial interests of the EU in the post-Maastricht era (1997) - The Corpus Juris (1999)
  • The legal protection against Euro-fraud (2000)
  • The implementation of Kartel Regulations (2001)
  • The European Public Prosecutor (2003)
  • Transnational (OLAF)Inqueries in the EU (2005/2006)
  • The influence of the EU on Dutch criminal law (2016)
  • OLAF and the EPPO in the new institutional setting (2018).

The contributions to these conferences were gathered in conference books and other publications in, e.g. Agon and Eucrim. Beside, other publications were published, e.g.: the Corpus Juris, the legal framework for the European public prosecutor, extradition and the European arrest warrant and European law enforcement agencies. Members of Dasec frequently participate in activities of OLAF and/or other associations on the protection of the EU's financial interests. This has led to many contributions to, for instance, the debate and development of the Corpus Juris, the European public prosecution office, the legal framework of OLAF inquiries, the prevention and settlement of conflict in transnational investigations and the admissibility of OLAF final reports as evidence in criminal proceedings. On the national level Dasec is part of networks with the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Security, and Home Affairs, as well as members of the parliament and the judiciary and legal practioners that enforce the relevant laws on the protection of the financial interests of the EU.