# Liability of companies for environmental damage

European Parliament procedure 2020/2027(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee DEVE / ENVI / JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 480 committee amendments tabled by 40 Members between 2020-11-05 and 2020-12-18.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on the liability of companies for environmental damage. The amendments treat environmental protection as a fundamental right, call for criminal liability of legal persons and criminal sanctions for environmental offences, propose recognising ecocide as a crime, link environmental offences to organised crime and corruption, and seek stronger support from the Commission, Europol and Eurojust for prosecutors' and judges' networks.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie TOUSSAINT | France | Verts/ALE | 114 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97236.md |
| Manon AUBRY | France | GUE/NGL | 105 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197533.md |
| Franco ROBERTI | Italy | S&D | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197801.md |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN | Germany | RE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197432.md |
| Sabrina PIGNEDOLI | Italy | NI | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197619.md |
| Laura FERRARA | Italy | NI | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124833.md |
| Caroline ROOSE | France | Verts/ALE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197506.md |
| Michèle RIVASI | France | Verts/ALE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96743.md |
| María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS | Spain | RE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4344.md |
| Lara WOLTERS | Netherlands | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5392.md |
| Catherine CHABAUD | France | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197505.md |
| Heidi HAUTALA | Finland | Verts/ALE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2054.md |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | PfE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197829.md |
| Ilhan KYUCHYUK | Bulgaria | RE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124866.md |
| Javier NART | Spain | RE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125005.md |

## Official source documents

- PE658.928: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-658928_EN.pdf
- PE660.080: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-660080_EN.pdf
- PE661.797: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-661797_EN.pdf
- PE663.019: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-663019_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2027-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2027-INI.json

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