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Law on amending the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Misdemeanor Procedure Code

saadetud i lugemiseleEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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1 June 2026

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Summary

With the amendment to the law, the chapter on crimes against the environment of the Penal Code and the section on crimes related to ionizing radiation will be brought into line with the European Union (hereinafter also EU) directive on environmental crimes supplemented and updated - Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024, which deals with the protection of the environment through criminal law and which replaces Directives 2008/99/EC and 2009/123/EC (OJ L 2024/1203, 30.04.2024, pages 1–28). The purpose of the bill is to ensure a high level of protection of the environment, including natural resources, fauna and flora, and improvement of the quality of the environment by means of penal intervention. The spectrum, prevalence and 'profitability' of environmental crime has increased over the years and this has necessitated a new and updated directive. The 2024 directive provides for the addition of such environmental crimes and a specified list. New in the list is, for example, violation of the requirements for the use of alien species that threaten the natural balance, their distribution or cultivation, if this significantly endangers local species or otherwise significantly damages the balance of the ecosystem. Also a new provision is the illegal handling of fluorinated greenhouse gases, e.g. the illegal import of refrigerants, which leads to significant environmental damage or the threat thereof. from the 2008 directive and other EU environmental legislation, Estonia's current penal law is already partially in line with the 2024 directive. This bill foresees the necessary additions and amendments to the law in order to bring the existing law into line with the 2024 directive as well.

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