The compromise reached between the EU27 is far from the European Commission’s original ambition, but the Member States have managed to agree on their position on the directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law. EU Justice Ministers adopted their ‘general approach’ to this issue on 9 December in Brussels.
In June, the French Presidency of the EU Council had the Council adopt a partial approach to the text (see EUROPE B12968A11). This was limited to the...