TITLE IV: DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION OF TOURIST AREAS.

The easement instituted by virtue of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 gives rise to a right to compensation if the owner of the land or the operator suffers direct, material and certain damage as a result. This compensation is payable by the beneficiary of the easement. Claims for compensation must be submitted to the commune, group of communes, département or syndicat mixte benefiting from the easement within one year…

In the absence of an amicable agreement, compensation is set by the expropriation judge on the basis of : 1° The value of the property at the date of the decision establishing the easement, based on the impact on its normal use and the changes made to the previous state of the site; 2° Whether they qualify as building land within the meaning of article L. 322-3 of the French…

Improvements made after the date defined in article L. 342-25 are presumed to have been made with the aim of obtaining higher compensation, in the absence of proof to the contrary. In order to establish the condition of the property on the date of the decision instituting the easement, an inventory of fixtures, requested by the most diligent party, shall be drawn up as soon as the easement is created.

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the date of publication of the deed creating the easement, give formal notice to its beneficiary to acquire the encumbered land under the conditions and within the timeframes set out in articles L. 230-1 et seq. of the town…