<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:05 PM<br>Subject: EU Commission, on a supranational basis, may legislate in criminal law<br>To: <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif;"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of_freedom,_security_and_justice" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of_freedom,_security_and_justice</a></p></span><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif;"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">
"That ruling set a precedent that <b>the Commission, on a supranational basis, may legislate in criminal law</b> � something never done before to outlined in treaties. So far though, the only other use has been the�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_directive_on_criminal_measures_aimed_at_ensuring_the_enforcement_of_intellectual_property_rights" title="Proposed directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">intellectual property rights directive</a>.<sup style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of_freedom,_security_and_justice#cite_note-E.21Sharp0507_Legal-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup>�Motions were tabled in the European Parliament against that legislation on the basis that criminal law should not be an EU competence, but was rejected at vote.<sup style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of_freedom,_security_and_justice#cite_note-Piracy_vote-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup>�However in October 2007 the Court of Justice ruled the Commission could not propose what the criminal sanctions could be, only that there must be some.<sup style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of_freedom,_security_and_justice#cite_note-EUO_Oct-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The European Commission has listed seven�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_offence" title="Criminal offence" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">offences</a>�that become�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crime" title="European crime" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">European crimes</a>. The seven crimes announced by the Commission are<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeiting" title="Counterfeiting" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">counterfeiting</a>�euro notes and coins; credit card and�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque_fraud" title="Cheque fraud" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">cheque fraud</a>;�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">money laundering</a>;�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People-trafficking" title="People-trafficking" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">people-trafficking</a>; computer hacking and virus attacks; corruption in the private sector; and�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_pollution" title="Marine pollution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">marine pollution</a>.�"</p>
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