Thermal Waters Society Capès Dolé v. public Ministry Reference : 15-86766 Complaint date : October 13, 2015 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Paris Plaintiffs types : Economic stakeholders Plaintiffs names : Société des eaux thermales de Capés Dolé Defendants : Other Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : Criminal court Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Other, Organochlorine, Chlordecone Requests : Set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Basse-Terre condemning the thermal water company for misleading and the admissibility of West Pack's civil interests. Name of the Court : Court of Cassation of Paris, France Jurisdiction level : Decision date : November 22, 2016 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The Court upheld the conviction, but quashed the civil provisions of West pack. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : On 22 November 2016, the Court of Cassation upheld the decision of the Basse-Terre Court of Appeal of 13 October 2015 ordering the company Eaux de Capes Dolé to pay a fine of €50,000 for deception. The latter judgment states that "[i]t is an offence of deception to market, under the name 'spring water', water taken from the natural environment that has been treated to eliminate pesticides from human pollution, whereas the regulations adopted for the application of Article R.1321-85 of the Public Health Code concerning spring water only authorise treatments relating to the separation of unstable elements or undesirable constituents from such water". Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : No related link for this case.