US EditionIn Charente-Maritime, Nine Farmers Sentenced to More than Eur 1 Million Fine for Illegal Irrigation
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Between October 2020 and March 2023, the accused were accused of using water to irrigate their crops from four detentions in the north of the department that had been declared illegal by the Council of State.
Accused of using their reserves when declared illegal by the Council of State, irrigants from Charente-Maritime were sentenced on 7 July 2025 to 1.08 million euros in fine.
Nine farmers in Charente-Maritime who had been using illegal mega-basins since 2010 were convicted on July 8th of environmental offenses and sentenced to heavy financial penalties. This is a first in France: on July 8th, the La Rochelle court found nine farmers guilty of environmental offenses related to the use of mega-basins between 2020 and 2023. An exceptional judgment accompanied by significant penalties: €20,000 per person, €100,000 per (……
For using illegal substitute reserves without authorisation, nine farmers in Charente-Maritime are sentenced to share more than a million fines. A court decision deemed historic by Nature Environnement 17, the applicant association, which welcomes the recognition of the "ecological harm".
Nine farmers and their farms in Charente-Maritime are subject to heavy fines for illegally drawing on water reserves. Nine farmers in Charente-Maritime and their
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