Criminal Law Protection of the Environment in the European Union

Batrićević, Ana (2018) Criminal Law Protection of the Environment in the European Union. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 37 (1). pp. 53-69. ISSN 0350-2694

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Abstract

Through the past several decades, a growing concern for environmental problems among experts, stake-holders, law and public policy-makers as well as general public has encouraged the development of a large and comprehensive legislative framework on the level of the European Union, regulating various ecological issues in the European Union. The risks of environmental pollution and the awareness of the need to provide for efficient, adequate and universal protection of the environment in all European Union member states has led to the adoption of Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law (Official Journal of the European Union, No. 328, 6.12.2008.).The aim of this paper is to analyse the key provisions of this legal instrument, the means of its implementation in national legislations as well as the mechanisms for its effective application. Moreover, the conditions that have to be met in order to facilitate successful transposition of this Directive's provisions through the alterations of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia are also analysed.

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