192 Million Punishment For Environment
18.01.2008 Radikal
AP - PARIS - French courtesy decided to decide the case seen about the sea accident, which is the largest harm to the environment of the history of France in 1999. According to this, oil giant Total was guilty to cause the contamination of the sea by carrying oil with rusty and old tanker Erika. Total and three litigations, will pay a total of 192 million euros (about 331 million USD) to the civil group and environmental protection associations participating in the construction of oil spilled in the sea.
[[T]]Karar pays great importance to a company that polluts the environment in France for the first time. According to experts, the decision will also be a deterrent nature for companies that maintain international transportation with old ships. [ [Franless Environmental Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, the decision was named as a ‘very important milestone’ in terms of the fact that the judicial bodies were ‘harm’ and the sense of "Sorum should be placed in the center of social development".
]Total for 'bozuk money'
In the previous stages of the island, Total was assigned from the crime of the 'inhuman life due to oil emitted from a 400-kilometer area. The company authorities will disclose the vessel in a week that they will not appeal to the decision if they are not responsible for the audit. However, the penalty for 192 million euros is the 'bozuk money' for Total, which explains only 3,12 billion euros in the third quarter of 2007. [
The accident in Brittany region in the northwest of France occurred in December 1999, 20 thousand tons of oil to the Atlantic Ocean, poured from the beach, 400 km. over 75 thousand birds were brought to death. In the next month, sea transportation was placed on the agenda of the European Union and the security measures on the subject were tightened by a number of law changes.
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