Christoph Schnoor
Areas of practice
Christoph Schnoor advises on all matters pertaining to environmental law, with a particular emphasis on immission control, water and waste law. He also advises companies on matters regarding extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the German Packaging Act, the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act and the German Battery Act. His further services include advising on access to information law and the German Combined Heat and Power Act.
In addition to the above, Christoph Schnoor also provides advice on future topics. For example, he deals with current hydrogen issues and the legalisation of cannabis.
Vita
Christoph Schnoor studied law at the University of Kiel (Germany) until 2014 and carried out his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany). Christoph Schnoor currently works on his doctoral thesis in environmental criminal law, on the topic of “Confiscation of assets under the German Federal Immission Control Act for operating plants without authorisation”. Christoph Schnoor started working at Luther in 2017 and was admitted to the German Bar in 2018.
Christoph Schnoor is a co-author of the legal commentary on the German Fuel Emissions Trading Act published by Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel.
Publications
- Kommentierung zu §§ 20, 22, 26, 27, 28 und 30 ElektroG, in: Recht der Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaft - Band 2, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Heinrich Freiherr von Lersner, Dr. jur. Helge Wendenburg, Dr. Olaf Kropp & Jörg Rüdiger, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2025
- Der neue Herstellerbegriff des Einwegkunststofffondsgesetzes – oder: Wer zahlt für den „Ayran-Becher“?, in: Zeitschrift für das Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft, Heft 4/2024, S. 172-180
- Ordnungswidrigkeiten im ElektroG – Bußgelder nur bei gutem Gedächtnis?, in: Zeitschrift für das Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft, Heft 3/2023, S. 134-138
- Kommentierung des § 22 BEHG, in: BEHG Kommentar, herausgegeben von Gernot-Rüdiger Engel, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1. Aufl. 2022
Lectures
- 03.06.2025: Einwegkunststofffondsgesetz (EWKFondsG) - Verstehen und richtig umsetzen
- 28.04.2025: Einwegkunststoffonds (EWKFondsG) - Wer muss welche Mengen melden beim Arbeitgeberverband | Markenverband
- 10.04.2025: Bundesförderung Industrie und Klimaschutz – erster und zweiter Förderaufruf im Überblick
- 03.04.2025: Einwegkunststofffondsgesetz (EWKFondsG) - Verstehen und richtig umsetzen
- 05.03.2025: 14. Leipziger Klimatage - Fachvortrag zu verfügbaren Fördermittelprogrammen auf EU- und nationaler Ebene zu den Themen PPWR und BattVO
- 05.09.2024: Praxis und Recht – Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung, Verpackungs-, Entwaldungs- und Batterieverordnung sowie Lieferketten EU-Vorschriften – Was ist zu beachten? | Arbeitgeberverband Lüneburg-Nordostniedersachsen e.V.)
- 05.06.2024: Praxis und Recht – Überblick über wesentliche (umwelt-)produktrechtliche Vorschriften | Arbeitgeberverband Lüneburg-Nordostniedersachsen e.V.
- 22.05.2024: 13. Leipziger Klima-Tag – Environmental Compliance (Greenwashing-Richtlinie, Lieferketten-Richtlinie) | Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Leipzig
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