Civil liability penalties
Responsibilities: identify penalties and overlapping responsibilities

In the case of a contract, civil liability results in damages and/or the annihilation of the effects of the contract for the future (termination), or even for the past (resolution).

For example, in the case of a contract for the sale of polluted land, the seller may be ordered to pay damages to the buyer, and the contract of sale may be rescinded, which implies that :

• the seller returns the purchase price to the buyer;

• the buyer returns the polluted property to the seller.

The aggrieved contractor may also request that the site be restored at the seller's expense.

In the specific case of a breach of the obligation to provide information under ICPE regulations, site restoration at the seller's expense is subject to the condition...