As of May 20, new rules for the protection of the environment through the Criminal Code came into force.

New directive on environmental crime will help achieve the goals of the European Green Deal by combating the most serious environmental crimes that can have devastating effects on both the environment and human health through criminal law.

The new directive will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list of environmental crimes that will address the most serious violations of environmental obligations. Member States will have to ensure that these violations constitute criminal offenses in their national law. (More on environment.ec.europa.eu)