Directive (EU) 2024/12602022/0167(COD)COM(2022)245LIBE

Asset recovery and confiscation

Stage: In force, reached 2 May 2024
In force: In force since 22 May 2024 · CELEX 32024L1260
Transposition deadline: 23 Nov 2026
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Loránt Vincze (EPP)
Lead DG: DG HOME
Last activity: 2 May 2024

30 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 2 May 2024.

Show the earlier record: 19 dates, 6 Apr 2021 to 23 Jan 2024

6 Apr 2021
- Inception impact assessment closed: Freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime, 9 responses · Commission
27 Sept 2021
- Public consultation closed: Freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime, 56 responses · Commission
25 May 2022
- Adoption by Commission
31 May 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
22 Jun 2022
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
15 Aug 2022
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime, 7 responses · Commission
12 Sept 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
15 Sept 2022
- Plenary sitting
16 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
18 Jan 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
25 Jan 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
14 Feb 2023
- Committee report tabled
21 Mar 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
28 Mar 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
23 May 2023
- Committee report adopted
26 May 2023
- Tabled for plenary
9 Jun 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
12 Jun 2023
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
23 Jan 2024
- Committee approved the provisional agreement

26 Jan 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
13 Mar 2024
- EP position at first reading
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Plenary vote
15 Mar 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
3 Apr 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
5 Apr 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
12 Apr 2024
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
24 Apr 2024
- Signed
2 May 2024
- Published in the Official Journal

9 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Loránt Vincze	EPP	RO	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Assita Kanko	ECR	BE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	José Gusmão	The Left	PT	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Malik Azmani	Renew	NL	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Nicolaus Fest	PfE	DE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Sergey Lagodinsky	Greens/EFA	DE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Thijs Reuten	S&D	NL	LIBE
Rapporteur for opinion	Vlad Gheorghe	Renew	RO	BUDG
Rapporteur for opinion	Sergey Lagodinsky	Greens/EFA	DE	JURI

13 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0199/2023Parliament
Proposal · COM(2022)0245Parliament
Text adopted · Directive 2024/1260Commission
Agenda · GEDA/A/(2024)000385Parliament
OJ C 425 08.11.2022, p. 0002Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 02.05.2024Commission
Committee opinion · PE739.737Parliament
Committee opinion · PE740.764Parliament
Report · PE742.501Parliament
Amendments · PE745.293Parliament
Agenda · PE759.655Parliament
Text adopted · SP(2024)350Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0141/2024Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

Consultation	Feedback deadline	Feedback received
Freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime Who filed what · Follow the consultation	27 Sept 2021	72

Summary

Generated

The directive strengthens EU-wide powers to confiscate criminal assets, including from third parties and via extended confiscation when illicit origins are proven. It primarily affects national law enforcement, judicial authorities, and financial institutions involved in asset tracing. The legislation entered into force in May 2024.

What the workspace adds on this file

Everything above is the public record. Subscribers see this page with their own layer on top.

Why it matters to you

What this file means for your organization, assessed against your own priorities.

What moved

When this file moves, it reaches your own briefing, with a link to its source.

Your contacts on it

Your team's contacts logged against this file: who you met, what was said and the next step.

A first draft

A statement, a member update or a meeting brief on this file, in your organization's voice, with its sources.

Sources: EP Legislative Observatory · EUR-Lex. Record as of 14 Sept 2026. Something wrong on this page? Report an error.

Request access

See this file with your own layer on top: why it matters to you, your contacts on it and a first draft. We’ll schedule a 20-minute walkthrough.

EU-hosted · GDPR-compliant · Trust Center →

By submitting, you agree to our privacy policy.