Dubovik, O.L. New decisions of the European Union in the sphere of fighting ecological crime.

Abstract: This article includes analysis of contents and goals of international acts and acts of the EU on the issue of ecological crime, including Recommendation of the Convention of October 4, 1998 and the Directives of the European Parliament and Council of November 26, 2008. The author characterizes the experience of scientific basis for the legislative solutions in this sphere, as well as Russian initiatives of the latest years, common goals and means of solving ecological crime problems in Europe and in the Russian Federation. Keywords: jurisprudence, biological variety, Directive, Convention, responsibility, instigation, crime, criminal law, ecology