Follow-up to the European Parliament resolution on the 2017 annual report

• Author: European Anti-Fraud Office (European Commission)
• Pages: 46-46

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30th Annual Report on the Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Fight against fraud 

8. Follow-up to the European

Parliament resolution on the

 annual report

On 31 January 2019, the E uropean Parliament adopt ed a resolution on the Comm ission’s

2017 annual repor t on the protec tion of the EU ’s f‌inancial inter ests – f‌ight s against

fraud79. The C ommission welcomed t he European P arliament ’s resolution an d noted

the Parliame nt’s recognit ion of the Commissio n’s actions in th e f‌ight against fra ud and

support for it s initiatives in t his f‌ield, in par ticular th e establishm ent of the Europ ean

Public Prose cutor’s Of‌f‌ice ( EPPO) and the C ommission propo sal to amend Re gulation

No 883/2013 on O LAF inves tigations. T he Commission will be a ble to positively fol low

up on many topic s raised by the Par liament, e specially the c all for close cooper ation be-

tween OL AF and the EPPO. T he Commission will also cont inue to encourage tho se Member

States that do n ot yet partici pate in the EPP O to join and ensure that the EPP O has ade-

quate resour ces to carry o ut its mandat e. The Commissio n will comment in det ail on the

Parliament ’s resolution in its formal rep ly to be transmitted later t his year (80).

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