Criteria and thresholds for assessing the relevance of unlawful interference in species listed in Annex IV to the Habitats Directive within the meaning of Section 181f of the Criminal Code (StGB).
Description
Violations of species protection law are generally punishable under administrative criminal law and the relevant substantive law (e.g. Hunting, Nature Conservation or Animal Welfare Act). However, in implementation of the EU Environmental Crime Directive, serious infringements are to be prosecuted under judicial criminal law using the Criminal Code. Serious infringements occur when significant quantities of specimens of protected species are damaged or killed. The present study describes a method that can be used to quickly clarify whether violations of species protection law need to be dealt with in judicial criminal law because they allegedly affect significant quantities of specimens. For 13 mammal species, the significant quantities are calculated on the basis of the available data, namely the current size of the herds, the total annual natural mortality and a defined percentage of tolerance.
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https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/rep0823.pdf |
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https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/rep0823.pdf |
Tags
- artenschutz
- opendocument
- ffh-richtlinie