Farmers and owners of agricultural and forestry land submit claims for compensation for damage caused by the agricultural spreading of sewage sludge to the Prefect, who acknowledges receipt. The composition of the compensation claim file is set by order of the Minister for the Environment.
The persons mentioned in the first paragraph have the option of grouping their application for one or more parcels concerning them.
If the Prefect considers that the claim is incomplete, he will invite the claimants to complete their file. If the application is complete, the Prefect will acknowledge receipt and forward it to the Minister for the Environment, with a view to referral to the National Expertise Commission provided for in article R. 424-12. The Prefect will accompany this transmission with observations, including an assessment of the information and declarations contained in the file.
On acknowledgement of receipt, the Prefect informs the applicant that his application has been forwarded to the Minister, of the content of his comments and of the procedure leading to the decision provided for in article R. 424-14.