RESOLUTION OF THE PLENUM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of June 27, 2024 No. 4

About change of resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus

Due to the change of the legislation the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES:

Make changes to the following resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus:

1) in the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus of December 18, 2003 No. 13 "About application by courts of the legislation on responsibility for offenses against ecological safety, the environment and procedure for environmental management":

state Item 8 in the following edition:

"8. If pollution of natural object was caused by non-compliance with safety rules of production, storage, use, transportation, burial or other address with genetically engineered organisms, biological or chemicals, then the deeds shall attract administrative or criminal liability only for abuse of regulations of safety in case of the address with such organisms or substances.

If during the designing, placement, construction, commissioning, preservation, dismantle, demolition or operation of buildings, constructions and other objects violations of requirements of ecological safety were allowed that entailed spoil of lands, pollution of waters, the woods, atmospheric air, entailed the death of the person or disease of people on imprudence or caused damage in especially large size, then responsibility of perpetrators shall come according to Art. 265 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Belarus (further - UK).

In case of making of one act which caused pollution of several natural objects (lands, waters, the woods, atmospheric air), the deeds in the presence of the bases and conditions of responsibility forms set of the corresponding offenses.";

in Item 24:

in part one of figure "101" to replace with figures "106";

in part three of figure "1011" to replace with figures "107";

2) in the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus of January 4, 2014 No. 2 "About Regulations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus":

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