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Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union

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This Directive shall apply to criminal offences covered by:

(a)

Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of the Member States of the European Union(1) (‘Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials’);

(b)

Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA of 29 May 2000 on increasing protection by criminal penalties and other sanctions against counterfeiting in connection with the introduction of the euro(2);

(c)

Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA of 28 May 2001 on combating fraud and counterfeiting on non-cash means of payment(3);

(d)

Council Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA of 26 June 2001 on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and the proceeds of crime(4);

(e)

Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism(5);

(f)

Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector(6);

(g)

Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA of 25 October 2004 laying down minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking(7);

(h)

Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime(8);

(i)

Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA(9);

(j)

Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA(10);

(k)

Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA(11),

as well as other legal instruments if those instruments provide specifically that this Directive applies to the criminal offences harmonised therein.

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