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Spotlight 35th Annual PIF Report 
19 September 2024 (updated 1 year ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2024
On 25 July 2024, the European Commission adopted the 35th Annual Report on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests and the fight against fraud in 2023 (PIF Report). The irregular amounts related to fraud cases increased to €585.8 million (+103% compared to 2022). Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Overview of Convictions in EPPO Cases: April - June 2024 
9 August 2024 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2024
The following overview highlights court verdicts and alternative resolutions in EPPO cases. It breaks down the EPPO's news reports from April to June 2024 and continues the overview published in → eucrim 6 May 2024 // preprint issue 1/2024. The overview is in reverse … Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
EU Reactions to Russian War against Ukraine: Overview February – June 2024 
9 August 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022: the impact of the invasion on the EU’s internal security policy, on criminal law, and on the protection of the EU’s financial interests. The overview covers the period from the beginning of February 2024 to the end of June 2024. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Ukraine conflict Protection of Financial Interests
ECA: EU’s Control System on Cohesion Spending Is Not Working 
5 August 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2024
In a report, published on 8 July 2024, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the EU’s control system on cohesion spending is not working. Based on audits carried out during the 2014-2022 programming period and on information made available by the Commission, … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
OLAF’s Operational Work January-June 2024 
16 July 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
This news item summarises OLAF’s operational work in the first half of 2024 (January to June 2024) in reverse chronological order. It follows the reports on operations supported by OLAF in → eucrim 4/2023, 318. Read more
OLAF Protection of Financial Interests
European Court of Auditors' Special Report on EU Efforts for a Robust AI Ecosystem 
2 July 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen
The European Court of Auditors' Special Report 08/2024 evaluated the Commission's role in contributing to developing a robust artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. To do so, it assessed the effectiveness of the following Commission actions: the Commission’s actions in coordinating EU AI plans (2018, 2021) and … Read more
EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Protection of Financial Interests
ECA: Recovery in EU Should be Faster 
18 June 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2024
In its Special Report 07/2024, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) blamed that recovery of misspent EU money takes too long and deficiencies exist in some areas, such as expenditure for external action.The ECA examined how the recovery process of misspent EU funding … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Deal on Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans 
30 May 2024 (updated 2 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
In April 2024, the Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on a €6 billion Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. The facility is the financial pillar of a general Reform and Growth Plan for six Western Balkan countries proposed by the … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Operational Partnership Conference between OLAF and EPPO 
2 May 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 22/23 April 2024, OLAF and the EPPO held an Operational Partnership Conference in Brussels. Prosecutors and financial investigators from the EPPO and investigators, forensic experts and analysts from OLAF convened to share experiences and best practices as well as to discuss … Read more
OLAF European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
Two ECA Reports Assess Rule-of-Law Efforts to Protect the EU Budget 
2 April 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
In February 2024, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published two reports that examine the Commission's steps designed to ensure that EU money is properly spent to Member States if they comply with the EU's rule of law values.ECA report on Conditionality RegulationSpecial … Read more
EU Rule of Law Protection of Financial Interests
Mid-term Evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility 
29 March 2024 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 21 February 2024, the European Commission presented the mid-term evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of the NextGenerationEU coronavirus recovery plan. At the beginning of April, the European Court of Auditors pointed to several challenges of this special fund painting … Read more
EU Commission Protection of Financial Interests
Deal on EU Budget Increase 
15 March 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
In February 2024, the European Parliament and the Council gave green light to three legislative acts that reinforce the EU long-term budget and provide additional funding in order to react to new challenges, such as Russia’s war against Ukraine. The acts include a regulation amending … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
European Chief Prosecutor: Slovakia May No Longer Effectively Protect EU’s Financial Interests 
1 March 2024 (updated 2 years, 1 month ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
On 18 December 2023, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi sent a letter to the European Commission in which she pointed to several worrying amendments in the Slovak legislation that affect the rule of law as basis for the protection of the EU’s financial … Read more
EU Rule of Law European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
EU Reactions to Russian War against Ukraine: Overview October 2023 – January 2024 
22 February 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine with regards tothe impact of the invasion on the EU’s internal security policy, criminal law, and the protection of the EU’s financial interests. It cover the period from the beginning of October 2023 to the end of January 2024. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Ukraine conflict Protection of Financial Interests
EPPO and France's Treasury Cooperate in Fraud Against the RRF 
13 February 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2024
On 17 January 2024, the EPPO and France's Treasury, together with its Interministerial Anti-Fraud Coordination Mission (MICAF), signed a Working Arrangement to foster the detection of fraud involving the Resilience and Recovery Facility (RRF). In France, the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan … Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
EP Remarks on 2022 PIF Report 
1 February 2024 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 18 January 2024, the EP adopted a resolution assessing the 2022 PIF Annual Report. The resolution provided remarks on the protection of the EU's financial interests for revenue and expenditure, challanges in relation to NGEU/RRF spending, the digitalisation, the anti-fraud architecture and the external dimension of protecting the EU budget. Read more
EU European Parliament Protection of Financial Interests