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In this section you can download training tools that have been developed by the European Commission as a support to all training structures and trainers with a special interest in the protection of the environment through criminal law with special focus on waste. They can be used in a European, national or local training context, and be adapted to specific needs and target groups.

What can be found in the training package on Combatting Waste Crime?

The present training package aims at facilitating the design and development of training workshops on Combatting Waste Crime including the following topics:

• Overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy
• Combating waste crime through environmental criminal Law
• Waste-related crimes and offences

Material of the training package:

• Documentation on the Topic (collected legislation, CJEU case law, policy documents and reports, Implementation Guidelines and Fact Sheets)
• User’s and Trainer’s Manual
• Presentations on the aforementioned topics (ppt and trainer’s notes)
  • Ms Clelia Antico – Brief overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy
  • Ms Teresa Fajardo del Castillo – Waste Crime: key features and main challenges
  • Mr Christoph Sobotta – Illegal treatment and management of waste
  • Ms Teresa Fajardo del Castillo – Illegal waste trafficking – Focus on transboundary movements of waste
  • Mr Vojtěch Vomáčka – EU Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) 1257/2013
  • Ms Kristina Persson – Investigation, prosecution and adjudication on waste crime
  • Ms Katie Olley – Combatting waste crime in practice: The experience of the IMPEL SWEAP Project
  • Mr Matthias Keller – Emphasis on preliminary ruling procedure when enforcing EU instruments for combatting waste crime
• Case Studies and their solutions on the aforementioned topics
  • Mr Matthias Keller – Case study on illegal waste disposal with links to illegal waste shipment
  • Mr Matthias Keller – Case study on illegal waste disposal with links to illegal waste shipment - Solution
  • Ms Kristina Persson – Case study on illegal transboundary exporting of hazardous waste
  • Ms Kristina Persson – Case study on illegal transboundary exporting of hazardous waste - Solution
• E-Learning on Combatting Waste Crime
  • Overview
  • Module 1: Overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy
    • Introduction
    • Circular Economy Action Plan
      • Concrete Actions
      • The revised EU waste legislation under the Circular Economy Package
      • The EU Plastic Strategy
    • EU waste legal instruments
    • Definition of “waste”, “by-product”, “end-of-waste status”
      • The concept of waste
      • Limits to the characterisation of waste
      • Most recent CJEU case law
    • Concept of hazardous waste
      • Most recent CJEU case law
    • Types of obligations, waste management operations, waste management responsibilities
      • Waste management operations
      • The organisation of waste management by public authorities
      • The responsibilities of the economic agents involved
      • Most recent CJEU case law
  • Module 2: Combating waste crime through environmental criminal Law
    • Introduction
    • Key features of environmental crime
    • EU Environmental Crime Directive
      • Introduction
      • The obligation of criminalization concerns
    • Relationship between criminal and administrative enforcement and sanctioning for environmental crimes
      • Introduction
      • Administrative sanctions considered as criminal
      • Principle of legality
      • Ne bis in idem principle
      • Double track enforcement regime in environmental matters
      • Effective, proportionate, dissuasive sanctions
  • Module 3: Waste-related crimes and offences
    • Introduction
    • Modus Operandi in Waste Crime and Violations
    • Illegal treatment and disposal of waste
      • Landfill Directive
      • Most recent CJEU case law
      • End-of-life vehicles (ELVs)
      • Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
      • Most recent CJEU case law
    • Illegal waste trafficking
      • Introduction
      • Legal Framework
      • Recent CJEU case law on waste shipment
      • Character of criminality
      • Problems of enforcement
    • Offences under EU Ship Recycling Regulation 1257/2013
      • Introduction
      • Legal Framework
      • Main objectives, scope and relationship with the Basel/WSR regime
      • The obligations under the SRR
      • Enforcement provisions (Art 22) and main challenges for implementation/enforcement
      • Problems of beaching and reflagging/flagging out
      • Seatrade case
      • Holland Maas case
    • Investigation, prosecutions and adjudication of waste crime
      • Selected national cases on prosecuting waste crimes
      • Czech Republic
      • United Kingdom
      • Belgium
      • Spain
      • The Netherlands
      • Challenges and Good practices in prosecuting waste crimes
      • The main challenges in cross-border investigations
      • Best practice and possible solutions
      • Conclusions of the Eurojust Report
      • LIFE-ENPE Project
  • Video presentations
    • Overview
    • Presentation 1:
      Clelia Antico – Brief overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy
    • Presentation 2:
      Teresa Fajardo del Castillo – Waste Crime: key features and main challenges
    • Presentation 3:
      Christoph Sobotta – Illegal treatment and management of waste
    • Presentation 4:
      Teresa Fajardo del Castillo – Illegal waste trafficking – Focus on transboundary movements of waste
    • Presentation 5:
      Vojtech Vomácka – EU Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) 1257/2013
    • Presentation 6:
      Kristina Persson – Investigation, prosecution and adjudication on waste crime
    • Presentation 7:
      Katie Olley – Combatting waste crime in practice: The experience of the IMPEL SWEAP Project
    • Presentation 8:
      Matthias Keller – Emphasis on preliminary ruling procedure when enforcing EU instruments for combatting waste crime
  • Test your knowledge
    with a quiz
    • Quiz on module 1: Overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy
    • Quiz on module 2: Combating waste crime through environmental criminal Law
    • Quiz on module 3: Waste-related crimes and offences
    • Quiz on presentation 1: Brief overview of the EU Waste Law and Policy by Clelia Antico
    • Quiz on presentation 2: Waste Crime: key features and main challenges by Teresa Fajardo del Castillo
    • Quiz on presentation 3: Illegal treatment and management of waste by Christoph Sobotta
    • Quiz on presentation 4: Illegal waste trafficking – Focus on transboundary movements of waste by Teresa Fajardo del Castillo
    • Quiz on presentation 5: EU Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) 1257/2013 by Vojtech Vomácka
    • Quiz on presentation 6: Investigation, prosecution and adjudication on waste crime by Kristina Persson
    • Quiz on presentation 8: Emphasis on preliminary ruling procedure when enforcing EU instruments for combatting waste crime by Matthias Keller
  • Further information
    • Author
    • Library
      • Documents
      • Useful links

What are the conditions for using the training package on Combatting Waste Crime?

The training package can be used freely. It is distributed under the Creative Commons License. This means that modules and sessions can be reproduced and integrated in training events as long as the source is acknowledged.

 

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