Auswirkungen des Öko-Audits auf das Umweltstrafrecht

English summary: This dissertation deals with a lot of questions, which are relevant for both the environmental criminal law and for the establishment criminal law. Often, environmental criminal actions are committed by companies. To prosecute these companies it is difficult for the enforcement authorities, but at the same time there is an increasing risk of criminal liability for the company members. A good solution for both parties could be a transfer of the EMAS-system. A...
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English summary: This dissertation deals with a lot of questions, which are relevant for both the environmental criminal law and for the establishment criminal law. Often, environmental criminal actions are committed by companies. To prosecute these companies it is difficult for the enforcement authorities, but at the same time there is an increasing risk of criminal liability for the company members. A good solution for both parties could be a transfer of the EMAS-system. A fundamental element of this system is a voluntairy co-operation of companies for a community system for environmental management and an environmental management check. In the centre of this dissertation is the question, if and in which dimention the EMAS-System will be a relief for the environmental law for companies. Beyond that the issue of further possitive as well as negative penal impacts of EMAS will be treated. German text. German description: Umweltstraftaten werden besonders haufig in Unternehmen begangen. Deren strafrechtliche Ahndung bereitet den Strafverfolgungsbehorden erhebliche Schwierigkeiten, zugleich ist die Gefahr eines erhohten Strafbarkeitsrisikos der Unternehmensangehorigen gegeben. Fur beide Seiten konnte im sogenannten Oko-Audit eine hilfreiche Losung liegen. Wesentlicher Inhalt ist die freiwillige Beteiligung von Unternehmen an einem Gemeinschaftssystem fur das Umweltmanagement und die Umweltbetriebsprufung. Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht die Frage, ob und in welchem Ausmass dem Oko-Audit das Potenzial fur eine umweltstrafrechtliche Entlastung des Unternehmens zuzusprechen ist. Daruber hinaus werden weitere positive, aber auch negative strafrechtliche Auswirkungen des Oko-Audits thematisiert.