Identify the risks of personal liability in the event of environmental damage

The operator function refers to the exercise of power within the facility, in the field of ICPE: decision-making power, management power and representation power.

You are therefore the first person liable to the authorities and to third parties, whether in terms of administrative, civil or criminal liability.

This can have an impact on your personal assets. When an executive is held personally liable, he or she must pay the costs of proceedings and defense, as well as any pecuniary penalties, from his or her own assets.

However, the consequences of incurring personal liability depend on how you choose to carry out your business:

• or you are registered as a sole trader ;

• or you have set up a company.