Finland has launched a debate on the future of European environmental criminal law as part of its EU Council Presidency. In a draft report dated 12 September, of which EUROPE has had a copy, it identifies the views of the Member States on this issue and concludes that a thorough assessment should be made of the need to establish new minimum rules.
Its initiative follows on from the Romanian Presidency's report on the future of EU substantive criminal law(see EUROPE B12244A9), which focused...