Illegal Artificial Snow: a Fine of 130,000 Euros for La Clusaz

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the judicial court of Annecy signed the judicial convention of public environmental interest (CJIPE) concluded between the public prosecutor and the municipality of La Clusaz, which had carried out an illegal withdrawal of water...

On May 22, the Annecy Judicial Court signed a judicial agreement in the public interest with the ski resort of La Clusaz (Haute-Savoie). This agreement recognizes that the town illegally pumped water from the Lachat spring to make artificial snow. According to an investigation conducted by the French Biodiversity Office in 2022, revealed by Blast, this illegal harvesting had been going on for twenty years. La Clusaz was ordered to pay a fine of…