Every year in Europe, an estimated 10.000 European citizens are arrested and placed in pre-trial detention in a member state other than their country of residence. 80% of them could be transferred. A person kept in custody in a foreign state may be cut off from family and social ties and lose...

This article tries to reveal the existing particularities regarding criminal liability in environmental law, by defining the notion of ecologic offence and making a short synthesis of compared law in this field.