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Protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC

Reference
2021/0422(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 April 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #4560
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
DEVE, ENVI, PETI, LIBE
More
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 27 January 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 21 March 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 28 March 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 11 December 2023
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 27 February 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 30 April 2024

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
Rapporteur
MEP #4560 (EPP) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #204416 (Renew) former member, Virginie JORON (ID), MEP #197801 (S&D) former member, Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA (ECR), Marie TOUSSAINT (Greens), Manon AUBRY (The Left)
Opinion: DEVE
Development · rapporteur MEP #197506 (Greens) former member
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP)
Opinion: PETI
Petitions · rapporteur MEP #209140 (Renew) former member
Opinion: LIBE
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur Saskia BRICMONT (Greens)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

Voting grid

Export

Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament27 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0093/2024 TA-9-2024-0093

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary28 Mar 2023

    Report A9-0087/2023 A-9-2023-0087

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft12 Oct 2022

    Draft report (JURI) JURI-PR-737290

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (PETI), Opinion (PETI), Opinion (DEVE), Draft opinion (ENVI), Draft opinion (LIBE), Opinion (ENVI), Opinion (LIBE), Draft opinion (DEVE)

What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 18

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 11 Apr 2024–30 Apr 2024

  1. 30 April 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 11 April 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 26 Feb 2024–27 Feb 2024

  1. 27 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 27 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0093/2024Report A9-0087/2023

  2. 26 February 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 26 Feb 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0466/2021Report A9-0087/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 17 Apr 2023–11 Dec 2023

  1. 11 December 2023

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  2. 17 April 2023

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 1 step · 28 Mar 2023

  1. 28 March 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0087/2023

Committee stage 11 steps · 27 Jan 2022–21 Mar 2023

  1. 21 March 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 6 February 2023

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (LIBE)

  3. 30 November 2022

    DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (DEVE)

  4. 30 November 2022

    PETI (Petitions) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (PETI)

  5. 25 October 2022

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (ENVI)

  6. 12 October 2022

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (JURI)

  7. 5 October 2022

    Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (LIBE)

  8. 13 July 2022

    Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (DEVE)

  9. 21 June 2022

    Draft opinion from PETI (Petitions)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (PETI)

  10. 27 April 2022

    Draft opinion from ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (ENVI)

  11. 27 January 2022

    Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), PETI (Petitions), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0422
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC”. Dossier. reference 2021/0422(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0422 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2021/0422(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021%2F0422(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2021-0422,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0422}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0422},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2021/0422(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021\%2F0422(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}