Agriculture & Food

#AGRG2535702AOrder of December 22, 2025, Setting the State's Contribution to Costs for Fighting Pine Nematode

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French law specifies how the state will cover costs for measures against the pine nematode infestation, a significant threat to forestry. Landowners in affected zones can receive financial support for direct actions like tree removal and treatment. The law outlines varying compensation based on tree size and the number of trees managed, requiring documentation to claim state aid.

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Key Changes

  • State covers costs for combating pine nematode infestation
  • Compensation varies based on tree size and number
  • Documentation required for state aid claims

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Landowners or holders of vegetation in pine nematode-infested zones must submit justificatory documents proving completion of state-ordered control measures before receiving state compensation for direct costs

Landowners and holders of trees/vegetation in infested zones
reporting
high

Landowners or holders must execute the control measures ordered by administrative authority; failure to execute results in loss of indemnification eligibility

Landowners and holders of trees/vegetation in infested zones
operational
high

For contaminated or unconfirmed trees (20+ trees threshold): perform abattage, debarking, grinding, transport and appropriate treatment according to sanitary prescriptions, eligible for 400€ per tree

Landowners with 20 or more contaminated pine nematode-susceptible trees in infested zones
operational
high

For officially confirmed non-contaminated trees (20+ trees threshold): perform abattage, debarking, grinding, transport and appropriate treatment according to sanitary prescriptions, eligible for 100€ per tree

Landowners with 20 or more officially tested non-contaminated pine nematode-susceptible trees in infested zones
operational
high

For landowners with fewer than 20 trees: contaminated trees must receive abattage, debarking, grinding, transport and treatment (eligible for 3,000€/tree); officially confirmed non-contaminated trees eligible for 2,000€/tree

Landowners with fewer than 20 pine nematode-susceptible trees in infested zones
operational

Affected Parties

Landowners in infested zonesForestry industry

Tags

pine nematode,forestry,state compensation