In Val-d’Oise, while their land has been invaded over three or four hectares by waste left by passing people, without their knowledge, several owners are forced by the town hall to pay two million euros for the cleaning of this open-air dump, reports the France 3 Paris Île-de-France website.
Does she have the right?
The polluter pays principle
“To launch the procedure, the town hall uses the polluter-pays process”indicates the France 3 Paris Île-de-France website.
“The Roma community that lived there having left, the municipality can only turn to private owners”explains the site.
The obligation to maintain your land
If, on the day indicated by the decree, the land is still not maintained, the town hall may have the cleaning work carried out automatically by its agents of the municipal hygiene and health service at the expense of the owner.
The general code of local authorities speaks of “environmental reasons” (when this harms the environment): it can be land cluttered with plants, rubble, rubbish, waste, etc. Fines are possible.
“Victim” owners
Calling themselves “victims” of the situation, the co-owners of the land created a collective and called an environmental lawyer.
