USAGLAŠENOST ZAKONODAVSTVA REPUBLIKE SRBIJE SA PRAVOM EVROPSKE UNIJE U OBLASTI ZAŠTITE EVRA I DRUGIH VALUTA OD KRIVOTVORENjA

Šuput Jelena (Институт за упоредно право, Београд), suputjelena@yahoo.com

In admission to the membership of the European Union, The Republic of Serbia is obliged to align their national legislation with its acquis. According to the European Commission report on Serbia\'s progress for 2015, our country has not ratified the Geneva Convention of 20 April 1929 for the Suppression of counterfeiting Currency and its Protocol. That Convention is amended and its application is facilitated by the adoption of Directive 2014/62/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law and replacing Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA. Above- mentioned Directive contains provisions that define criminal offenses related to counterfeiting of the euro, provided the liability of legal persons for these offenses, criminal sanction extends to natural and legal persons, the jurisdiction of courts and the special investigative tools in a criminal proceeding. Therefore, the subject of analysis in this paper will be the compliance of the provisions of the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on liability of legal persons for criminal acts with the Directive on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law. The author of paper will try to give suggestions for the improvement of national legislation in the area of criminal protection of the euro and other currencies from counterfeit.

Ključne reči: criminal law, counterfeit, protection, euro, national legislation