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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC
2022/12/09
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/0422(COD)
Documents: PDF(295 KB) DOC(217 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Vlad GHEORGHE', 'mepid': 209140}]

Amendments (7)

Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The acceleration of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, paired with tangible examples of their devastating effects, have led to the recognition of the green transition as the defining objective of our time and a matter of intergenerational equity. Therefore, when Union legislation covered by this Directive evolves, this Directive should also cover any updated or amended Union legislation falling within the scope of criminal offences defined under this Directive, when the obligations under Union law remain unchanged in substance. However, when new legal instruments prohibit new conduct harmful to the environment, this Directive should be amended in order to add to the categories of criminal offences also the new serious breaches of Union environmental law.deleted
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Sanctions for the offences should be effective, dissuasive and proportionate. To this end, minimum levels for the maximum term of imprisonment should be set for natural persons. Accessory sanctions are often seen as being more effective than financial sanctions especially for legal persons. Additional sanctions or measures should be therefore available in criminal proceedings, in accordance with national law. These should include the obligation to reinstate the environment, exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions and withdrawal of permits and authorisations. This is without prejudice to the discretion of judges or courts in criminal proceedings to impose appropriate sanctions in the individual cases.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) To ensure a coherent approach to combating environmental offences, Member States shouldmay adopt, publish and periodically review a national strategy on combating environmental crime, establishing objectives, priorities and corresponding measures and resources needed.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) To effectively tackle the criminal offences referred to in this Directive, it is necessary that competent authorities in the Member States collect accurate, consistent and comparable data on the scale of and trends in environmental offences and the efforts to combat them and their results. These data should be used for preparing statistics to serve the operational and strategic planning of enforcement activities as well as for providing information to citizens. Member States should collect and report to the Commission relevant statistical data on environmental offences. In cases where Member State do no regularly submit the relevant data, the Commission shall work together with the Member State to identify deficiencies in its data collection and analysis procedures and methods, and offer support for addressing said deficiencies, such as additional training, technical and expert support. The Commission should regularly assess and publish the results based on the data transmitted by the Member States.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 160 #
This Directive establishes minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in order to protect the environment more effectively and to support Member States in preventing and combatting environmental crime.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP – please insert the date – within onetwo years after the entry into force of this Directive], Member States shallmay establish, publish and implement a national strategy on combating environmental criminal offences which as a minimum shallould address the following:
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay take actions to ensure that the strategy is reviewed and updated at regular intervals no longer than 5 ye, or when deemed necessarsy, on a risk- analysis- based-approach, in order to take account of relevant developments and trends and related threats regarding environmental crime.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI