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+Article 9 Mitigating circumstances |
Article 9 Mitigating circumstancesArticle 9 Mitigating circumstances Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, in relation to the relevant criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4, one or more of the following circumstances can, in accordance with national law, be regarded as a mitigating circumstance:
(a)
the offender restores the environment to its previous condition, where such restoration is not an obligation under Directive 2004/35/EC, or, before the start of a criminal investigation, takes steps to minimise the impact and extent of the damage or remediates the damage;
(b)
the offender provides the administrative or judicial authorities with information which they would not otherwise have been able to obtain, helping them to:
(i)
identify or bring to justice other offenders;
(ii)
find evidence. 1. Overview
1.1 References1.2 Identified Requirements1.3 Related Standards2. Identified Requirements
3. Related Standards
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