Spaces Near Rivage (EPR) — Outstanding space limits under L.146-6

The coastal law contains a system of protection codified in Article L. 146-6, the provisions of which concern coastal areas, which are, inter alia, referred to by Article R. 146-1: dunes, coastal heaths, beaches, lidos, foreshores, cliffs and edges thereof, forests and wooded areas near a shoreline of the sea, uninhabited islands, natural parts of estuaries, rias or abers and capes, as well as inland water bodies with an area exceeding 1 000 ha. That protection system has very important implications, since it may lead, on the one hand, to cancel an authorisation for works with a view to tourist development, on the other, to order or not to order the demolition of the work unlawfully installed, and finally to lead the court to order the contracting authority of the work unlawfully established to pay compensation to an association for the fault committed as a result of the decision to set up a work prohibited by the coastal law.