CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SANCTION PROCESS - LAW 2387 / 2024

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Law 2387 /2024 establishes new provisions in relation to sanctions in environmental matters, we remark the following:

In relation to sanctions:

• Considers the Written Public Reprimand as a Sanction.

• It allows fines to be replaced by Community Service and Mandatory Environmental Courses only when the socioeconomic capacity of the offender is insufficient.

• Increase in fines from five thousand (5,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) current legal minimum wages, over 20 million USD.

• Reduction of the fine by 30% for making a confession.

Establishes the following definitions:

• Environmental Damage

• Compensation measures

• Corrective measures.

Procedural Modifications:

• Includes the closing arguments stage.

• Establishes a new term to determine responsibility and impose sanctions - within eighty (80) days following the expiration of the term to present defenses or allegations.

• Establishes the Suspension and Early Termination of the Environmental Penalty Procedure for Environmental Correction and/or Compensation.

• Reduces the term of the sanctioning process.