The Environment DG is one of the 36 Directorates-General (DGs) and specialised services which make up the European Commission. Its main role is to initiate and define new environmental legislation and to ensure that measures, which have been agreed, are actually put into practice in Member States. The resulting uniformity in the approach to environmental violations by EU States greatly enhances the effectiveness of enforcement efforts in crimes with transboundary aspects.
For more information, see http://europa.eu.int/
comm/dgs/environment/index_en.htm