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LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 231/2001: ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES TOO SEVERE FOR COMPANIES

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03 Juin 2011
According to the Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies the Legislative Decree which inserts the environmental crimes into the Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 extends excessively the liability of companies for environmental offenses as it would also introduce hypothesis of crime for minimum damage and for danger which would prove no real offensiveness.
The Committee has therefore asked that the text will be better conformed to the principle of punishment proportionality.
 

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