Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Functioneel Parket

English translation:

National Public Prosecutor\'s Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences (FP)

Added to glossary by katerina turevich
Jun 24, 2014 22:23
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Dutch term

Functioneel Parket

Dutch to English Social Sciences Law (general) Law Enforcement and Judiciary
Openbaar Ministerie
Functional Parquet Amsterdam

and then the name of the person and his function 'Officier van Justitie', which I translate as as 'Public Prosecutor'

as far as Functioneel Parket : I understand what the department does: they pursue environmental misdemeanors but I can't think of a comparable institution in English. Only EPA ( Environmental Protection Agency) comes to mind. There is also a slight problem with the specifics: most major cities in Holland have their own Functioneel Parket . It seems to follow the changing map of Dutch regional jurisdictions - does it have to be expressed in the name?

Discussion

Lucy Spring Jun 25, 2014:
Michael is right: see this reference http://www.government.nl/news/2012/11/27/opstelten-urges-str...
which also confirms that it is the National Public Prosecutor's Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences (Functioneel Parket).
Michael Beijer Jun 24, 2014:
cont. in the above text (which can be found here: http://goo.gl/39isjR ), the author translates it as:

National Financial, Environmental and Food Safety Offences Public Prosecutors’ Office (Functioned Parket, FP)
Michael Beijer Jun 24, 2014:
http://goo.gl/39isjR ‘Beside the District Prosecutors' offices, there is a National Public Prosecutors’ Office (Landelijk Parket, LP) and a National Financial, Environmental and Food Safety Offences Public Prosecutors’ Office (Functioned Parket, FP). The National Public Prosecutors’ Office (LP) focuses on international forms of organised crime which are not confined to the jurisdiction of a district court or appeal court. The Financial, Environmental and Food Safety Offences Office (FP) is a centre of expertise and office of the Public Prosecution Service with responsibility for economic or financial offences, social security fraud or agricultural or environmental offences. These are offences investigated upon by special instance. Each District Court is made up of a maximum of five sectors, which include at least administrative (including tax cases), civil and criminal law. Appeals from the District Courts are decided by the competent Court of Appeal. In addition to criminal and civil cases, the Court of Appeal decides appeals against tax assessments, in its capacity as an administrative court. Court of Appeal Decisions can be contested in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands on points of law.’
Michael Beijer Jun 24, 2014:
very interesting: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C5WyWq3mlO4C&pg=PA36&lpg=... (Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N0QjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=... (Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: The Netherlands 2013 Combined: Phase 1 + Phase 2, incorporating Phase 2 ratings)
Michael Beijer Jun 24, 2014:
perhaps useful: FELOnline:
Functioneel Openbaar Ministerie <FOM> [functioneel parket/fraudeparket]
=
functional public prosecutor's office [addressing economic offences and environmental fraud]

JurLex:
Functioneel Parket (FP)
=
National Public Prosecutor's Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences

=>

maybe sth like:

‘National Public Prosecutor’s Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences (Functioneel Parket)’ ?

Proposed translations

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National Public Prosecutor's Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences (FP)

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Example sentence:

The National Public Prosecutor's Office for Financial, Economic and Environmental Offences (Functioneel Parket) supports the regional Public Prosecutor’s Offices in their investigation and enforcement of insolvency fraud, inter alia by drawing attention

Peer comment(s):

agree Kirsten Bodart : If they provide a workable translation themselves then wonderful! Seems quite clear to me. If you want just put the original in i7talics in brackets.
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agree Tina Vonhof (X)
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agree Kitty Brussaard
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leave it in Dutch

Het Functioneel Parket is een specialistisch, landelijk opererend onderdeel van het Openbaar Ministerie, dat zich toelegt op de bestrijding van complexe fraude en milieucriminaliteit en in het afwikkelen van complexe ontnemingszaken.


I would leave it in Dutch, as it's a specifically Dutch institution - just as you wouldn't translate, say, sûreté or gendearmerie in French. If necessary, you could add a few words of explanation.
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Сriminal Prosecution Office/Division

Zoals in Rusland, weet, je ;-)
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