Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

Tabled by Carla Tavares

Added: Bb. whereas the Conditionality Regulation empowers the EU to adopt, in a timely manner, proportionate financial measures to safeguard its financial interests where breaches of the rule of law in a Member State affect, or seriously risk affecting, the sound financial management of the EU budget; whereas the regulation was adopted as part of the package on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF), following long and difficult negotiations between the co-legislators, notably because of attempts by some of the Member States to link the negotiations on the MFF with the negotiations on the rule of law conditionality mechanism; whereas the Conditionality Regulation has been binding for all Member States since its entry into force on 1 January 2021;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.022v01-00