Considerations concerning the offences against the financial interests of European Union
Considerations concerning the offences against the financial interests of European Union

Summary/Abstract: The European Union has as its operating principle the protection of financial interests and therefore updates and strengthens the fight against fraud and any criminal activity. The main objective is to ensure the protection of financial interests through criminal law, as well as their assimilation, cooperation and harmonization in all Member States through the anti-fraud strategy. The regulation of criminal acts is an attribute of the internal policy of each European state, but in all cases it is necessary to respect the general values imposed by the Community Statute. The term fraud is used generically for various illegal acts of a pronounced criminal nature and is therefore in some cases synonymous with a crime. At the same time, the detection and prevention of fraud is an objective that leads to any appropriate measures being taken to eliminate the occurrence of damage. In this framework of cooperation, Romania has adopted criminal law norms that sanction fraudulent actions related to the management of European funds and are part of the issue of modernizing the legislation to protect the financial interests of the European Union. The new European Directives require a new examination of the existing internal legal framework (Law No 78/2000) and its adaptation to the current strategy to combat any infringements of the rules of Community law.

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