Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That Dáil Éireann:

(1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality under Standing Order 105 on the Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (COM (2013) 534)which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 17th October, 2013 in accordance with Standing Order 105(3)(b);

(2) having regard to the aforementioned Report, and in exercise of its functions under section 7(3) of the European Union Act 2009, is of the opinion that the Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (COM (2013) 534), does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity for the reasons set out in paragraph 5 of the Report; and

(3) notes that, pursuant to Standing Order 105(4), a copy of this Resolution together with the reasoned opinion and the aforementioned Report shall be sent to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.”

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