#2023-876Decree No. 2023-876 of September 13, 2023, on Coordination of Water and Nature Policy and Combating Environmental Offenses
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This French decree establishes inter-agency teams in each department to improve water and nature policy implementation and tackle environmental offenses. It lays out responsibilities such as developing local strategies, planning controls, and sharing information between authorities to enforce environmental laws. Specific regions have detailed leadership roles for these missions to ensure local issues are prioritized.
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Key Changes
- Creation of inter-agency missions for water and nature in each French department
- Establishment of operational committees to combat environmental offenses
- Annual joint meetings to assess environmental damage and plan responses
Obligations
What this law requires
Each department must establish an inter-agency team for water and nature policy, led by the departmental prefect.
The inter-agency team must coordinate the implementation and evaluation of local water and nature policies based on defined local issues.
Each department must develop strategies for public policies that consider water resource preservation and biodiversity, involving all relevant administrations.
An annual inter-agency control plan must be established at the departmental level to detail local enforcement priorities according to national guidelines.
Each department must establish an operational committee to combat environmental offenses, chaired by the territory's public prosecutor.