Brussels, 16/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 16 April, the European Parliament adopted its position on new rules to sanction fraud against the Community budget, which were adopted by the budget control and civil liberties committees on 20 March (see EUROPE 11043).
The draft directive calls on the member states to penalise passive or active corruption, money-laundering and dishonest tenders in public procurement procedures, in addition to fraud. Fraud against the EU budget currently...