Protection of the environment through criminal law
Dossier on the protection of the environment through criminal law. Amendments revise the directive's offences and penalties, adding a crime of ecocide, addressing inciting and aiding and abetting, and setting maximum terms of imprisonment and fines for natural persons; they weigh aggravating factors such as prior infringements, financial benefits from the offence, commission by an organised criminal group, and the polluter-pays principle.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled13 Jun 2022 – 6 Dec 2022
- Plenary vote — Adopted27 Feb 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 161
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
1 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
- 27 Feb 2024Main voteAdoptedOn the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 161Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 161 · what was voted ↗499 for100 against23 abstentions83 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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