欧盟环境刑事立法的最新发展及其刑事政策意义

The latest development and significance of EU environmental criminal legislation

欧盟环境刑事立法发展快速,继欧洲理事会于1998年11月制订《通过刑法保护环境公约》后,欧盟委员会和欧盟部长理事会又分别于2001年3月和2003年7月起草了《关于通过刑法保护环境的指令》和《关于通过刑法保护环境的框架决定》。欧盟环境刑事立法的发展呈现出“生态利益”的保护立场日益彰显,犯罪构成日趋扩张,刑罚结构更趋合理等显著特点。欧盟环境刑事立法对我国环境刑法具有借鉴意义。

The European commission （EU） legislation on environmental criminal law is developed rapidly in recent years. After the Council of Europe promulgated a Convention on the Protection of the Environment Through Criminal law in November 1998, the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers drafted a Directive and a Framework Decision of the same topic respectively in March 2001 and January 2003. The development of the above environmental criminal laws presents some distinct features such as taking ecological benefits orientated standpoint,expanding criminal components and more reasonable punishments of environmental offenses. EU legislation on environmental criminal law is referential for the counterpart legislations in China. [ Ch, 11 ref. ]