Compensation for environmental damage is primarily in kind.
In the event that it is de jure or de facto impossible or that reparation measures are insufficient, the judge shall order the person responsible to pay damages, earmarked for environmental reparation, to the claimant or, if the claimant is unable to take appropriate measures to this end, to the State.
The assessment of the loss takes into account, where applicable, any reparation measures already taken, in particular in the context of the implementation of Title VI of Book I of the Environmental Code.