The 4 Networks, EUFJE - The European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment, ENPE - European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment, IMPEL - European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law and EnviCrimeNet organized a joint Conference hosted by Slovakian Republic authorities, in Bratislava, on the 21st and 22nd of May 2025, dedicated to the new Environmental Crime Directive (ECD), Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024.
More than 200 practitioners - regulators, permitters, inspectors, police, prosecutors and judges - presented, shared and discussed procedures and solutions to make the implementation of the articles from the ECD “work on the ground”.
The Conference was an opportunity to share procedures, methodologies and discuss practical work from many Members States authorities, and from international and European Union authorities, including European Commission, Joint Research Centre, European Environmental Agency (EEA), European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), European Union Satellite Centre (SATCEN), European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), CEPOL, EUROJUST, EUROPOL and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODOC).
The Networks IMPEL, ENPE and EnviCrimeNet signed a Memorandum of Understanding and together with EUFJE restated their full commitment to continue to work together involving all the actors of the compliance chain, promoting and sharing practices and work on solutions to strengthen the fight against environmental crime.