French sugar and ethanol maker Tereos was ordered to pay more than 9.5 million euros ($10.2 million) on Thursday for polluting in 2020 a river that flows from France to Belgium, killing thousands of fish, the company said.
A leak had been found in a 100,000 cubic metre settling pond at Tereos' factory in Escaudoeuvres in northern France, which led to the spill of waste water into a tributary of the Scheldt river, also known as the Escaut.
"We have our share of responsibility as a company but we regret that the court did not take into account the fact that there was a multitude of casualties and responsibilities," a Tereos spokesperson said. Authorities in the Belgian region of Wallonia had said 50-70 tonnes of fish died in its territory along a 36 km stretch of the Scheldt and also accused the French authorities of being too slow to issue a warning.The court ordered a fine of 500,000 euros and more than 9 million euros in damages, of which nearly 9 million for Wallonia, the Tereos spokesperson said, adding the group had not yet decided whether it would appeal the decision.
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