I move:
That Seanad Éireann:
(1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality under Standing Order 101 on the Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office - COM (2013) 534 which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 17 October 2013 in accordance with Standing Order 101(3)(b);
(2) having regard to the aforementioned Report, and in exercise of its functions under section 7(3) of the European Union Act 2009, is of the opinion that the Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, COM (2013) 534, does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity for the reasons set out in paragraph 5 of the Report; and
(3) notes that, pursuant to Standing Order 101(4), a copy of this Resolution together with the reasoned opinion and the aforementioned Report shall be sent to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.