P9_TA(2024)0093 – Protection of the environment through criminal law – European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 February 2024 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 (COM(2021)0851 – C9-0466/2021 – 2021/0422(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-02-27
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Development, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Petitions, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: criminal liability, cross-border cooperation, environmental law, environmental offence, environmental protection, environmental statistics, fight against crime, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, penalty, pollution control measures




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C/2024/6760


26.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0093

Protection of the environment through criminal law


European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 February 2024 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 (COM(2021)0851 – C9-0466/2021 – 2021/0422(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2024/6760)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0851),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 83(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0466/2021),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 March 2022
                   (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 6 December 2023 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Development, of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and of the Committee on Petitions,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0087/2023),













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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  
            OJ C 290, 29.7.2022, p. 143.






P9_TC1-COD(2021)0422


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 27 February 2024 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directives 2008/99/EC and 2009/123/EC



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/1203.)




ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6760/oj
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