European framework laws may establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in the areas of particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis.
Féadfar rialacha íosta a bhunú le dlíthe réime Eorpacha maidir le cionta coiriúla agus pionóis a shainiú i réimsí na coireachta fíorthromchúisí a bhfuil gné thrasteorann ag baint leo mar gheall ar nádúr na gcionta sin nó mar gheall ar an tionchar a bhíonn acu nó toisc go bhfuil gá faoi leith ann iad a chomhrac ar bhonn coiteann.