PARIS - France will make serious intentional damage to the environment punishable by up to 10 years in prison as part of planned"eco-cide" law, government ministers said in remarks published Sunday .
An"eco-cide" offence would be sanctioned by up to 4.5 million euros in fines or up to 10 years in prison in cases of"intentional violation" of environmental laws, Justice Minister Eric Dupont-Moretti and Ecological Transition Minister Barbara Pompili told the JDD weekly."Punishment will be staggered according to a perpetrator's intentions.
France will also add an offence called"endangering the environment" to its statute books, Ms Pompili said, under which potential offenders could be punished even before committing acts of illegal pollution.
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