EU Legislation
Convention of 26 July 1995 on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests (and its protocols)
Since 1995, a convention has been in place which seeks to protect, under criminal law, the financial interests of the EU and its taxpayers. Over the years, the Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests has been supplemented by a series of protocols.
Council Act of 27 September 1996 drawing up a Protocol to the Convention on the protection of the...
Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering
This Directive represents the first stage in combating money laundering at Community level. The Directive defines the concepts of credit institution, financial institution and money laundering. In...