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Article 5a Criminal offencesF1

United Kingdom

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1.

Member States shall ensure that infringements within the meaning of Articles 4 and 5 are regarded as criminal offences.

2.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to minor cases, where the act committed does not cause deterioration in the quality of water.

3.

Repeated minor cases that do not individually but in conjunction result in deterioration in the quality of water shall be regarded as a criminal offence, if committed with intent, recklessly or with serious negligence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Directive 2009/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (Text with EEA relevance).

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Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Directive 2009/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (Text with EEA relevance).