5 Amendments of Michal WIEZIK related to 2020/2027(INI)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the intrinsic value of ecosystems and their right to protection and calls for the introduction of mechanisms to allow environmental organisations initiate legal proceedings on their behalf; calls for reporting and monitoring of the full restoration of ecosystems; stresses also the need for legal recognition of the shared world heritage;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 j (new)
Paragraph 11 j (new)
11 j. Calls on the Commission to take action, including legal action where applicable, to ensure that the lengthy procedures in Member States deciding on liability for environmental burdens do not jeopardise the objective of high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment as enshrined in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Deplores the lack of effective implementation and enforcement of EU acts that aim to establish the criminal liability of legal persons for environmental offences and remediate environmental damages resulting therefrom; Recalls that there are cases of public institutions or state enterprises responsible for action infringing the environmental legislation which could constitute criminal offence; Calls on the Member States to effectively apply the provision on criminal prosecution of the respective private persons acting in the name of a legal entity;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Notes that the ECD merely states on the issue of liability of legal persons that Member States shall ensure that legal persons can be held liable for environmental crimes and that this liability shall not exclude criminal proceedings against natural persons who are perpetrators, inciters or accessories in the offences; Notes that the correct implementation thus does not require a criminal proceeding against an act established as criminal offence; Calls for the ECD to be amended to ensure that legal persons, or natural persons who are perpetrators, inciters or accessories in the offences be held liable and be heard in a criminal proceeding;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to raise awareness, promote and actively engage in international fora in order to more effectively combat environmental crimes, including through the protection of human environmental rights defenders and the recognition of ecocide in international law;