{"id":113301,"date":"2023-11-16T18:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=113301"},"modified":"2023-11-16T19:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:25:22","slug":"eeb-welcomes-major-advances-on-environmental-crime-regrets-critical-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/eeb-welcomes-major-advances-on-environmental-crime-regrets-critical-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"EEB welcomes major advances on environmental crime, regrets critical gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, the EU Parliament, the Commission, and the Council reached a political agreement on the revision of the Environmental Crime Directive.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The EEB welcomes the agreement \u2013 which will see many more instances of environmental misconduct classified as crimes \u2013 as a huge step forward for environmental protection. Ultimately, however, the EEB recognises that, measured against the biggest European environmental crime in recent history \u2013 the \u201cDieselgate\u201d emissions scandal \u2013 the new law would fail to prevent, dissuade and adequately sanction the crime.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The agreement comes two years after the European Commission proposed to revise the 2008 directive, which was widely criticised as being inadequate. Months of discussion in the Parliament saw productive collaboration among the political groups resulting in a progressive negotiation mandate which received unanimous support across all groups. But the initial ambition of Commission and Parliament was greatly diluted during trilogues, due to the reluctance of some large Member States to update their outdated legal traditions and upset the status quo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite significant shortcomings, the latest proposal must be celebrated as a milestone in efforts to preserve the environment, with the following main improvements on the 2008 text:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n