Investigations into violations of the sanctions regime should be centralized at the European Union level and transferred to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, since such cases are by their nature transnational and affect several member states at once.
This was stated in a comment to GuildHall by German MEP Lukas Sieper.
“I believe that powers on this issue should be fully transferred to the European Union,” the MEP said, commenting on investigations into violations of the sanctions regime. According to him, “ultimately, this is about ensuring the enforcement of the European Union’s legal decisions.”
According to him, there is “a strong interest in ensuring that where the main powers on this issue are located in Europe, enforcement is also located there.” He noted that sanctions violations, by their nature, are not limited to one country, since “there will be no case of a sanctions violation affecting only Germany, Portugal or Bulgaria,” and “it is always transnational in nature.”
In this regard, the MEP stated that “transferring these powers to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is only a logical step,” while “everything else is a waste of time and money for all member states.”
Lithuanian Seimas member Matas Maldeikis stated that the European Union should expand the powers of the special European prosecutor in the area of sanctions violations. According to him, the EU will have to create new tools for working with the sanctions regime and institutionalize the prosecution of companies that do not comply with the restrictions.
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