European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE): In 2012, in Brussels, representatives from prosecuting bodies and environmental agencies in seven European countries from the Environment Agency for England, and from similar bodies in Sweden, France, Belgium, Ireland and Germany came together to establish the European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE). It seeks to establish how it can best work with the Commission, and with European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) (see below) and EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) (see below). The prosecutors’ network completes the chain of representative bodies across Europe for those involved in tackling environmental crime, from enforcement officers, through to prosecutors and on to judges.

Aims of ENPE: the Network seeks to:

• support the operative work of environmental prosecutors
• promote the exchange of information and experience of the enforcement and prosecution of environmental crime between members
• foster knowledge of environmental law among prosecutors and promote the development of environmental criminal law as an integral part of criminal law enforcement generally
• share experience of investigations, prosecutions and sanctions in the field of environmental criminal law
• contribute to better understanding, implementation and enforcement of environmental criminal law
• encourage and support co-operation between Members and facilitate capacity building in relation to the prevention and prosecution of environmental crime
• facilitate collection of data about environmental crime across Europe and enforcement action taken in relation to environmental crime
• identify and develop good, and whenever possible, best practice, for successful prosecutions and produce guidance, tools, common standards and approaches to the prosecution of environmental offences
• share training programmes in relation to environmental criminal law.

Has held one conference in 2013.
(Source: ENPE)