Environment and projects · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Contaminated land: prepare environmental due diligence
Potentially contaminated land needs an activity history, available environmental records and a defined future use. A geotechnical report is not a complete contamination assessment. France and Switzerland have different site-register and remediation frameworks. The due-diligence sheet connects reports and sale documents without certifying clean soil or deciding which party ultimately bears investigation and remediation costs.
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Which French environmental information was supplied?
L125-7 concerns written SIS disclosure; L514-20 concerns specified former ICPE activity. Their scopes are not interchangeable.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Contaminated land: prepare environmental due diligence”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Which land and pollution history are known?
Collect parcel, activities and available studies. Contamination and soil-bearing capacity are different technical questions.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which French environmental information was supplied?
L125-7 concerns written SIS disclosure; L514-20 concerns specified former ICPE activity. Their scopes are not interchangeable.
Which records are still missing from your file?
Indicate which records you have. The result identifies gaps and prepares a complete question for Julie, without requiring an account.
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Point to complete: Transaction and claimed duties. Keep disclosures, clauses and dated statements. Silence alone does not determine cancellation or cost allocation in this worksheet.
- Site history and parcel
- Record available
- Environmental disclosures
- Record available
- Use and investigations
- Record available
- Transaction and claimed duties
- Needs checking
- Records indicated
- 3 / 4
- What does the transaction say about these facts?
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
What use and investigations are documented?
Match intended use, findings and orders. Absence from a list is not a clean-site certificate.
What does the transaction say about these facts?
Keep disclosures, clauses and dated statements. Silence alone does not determine cancellation or cost allocation in this worksheet.
Which Swiss contaminated-site rules address remediation costs?
LPE32c concerns remediation and cadastre conditions;32d causal actors and cost allocation. They do not make every current owner automatically liable for every cost.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Site history and parcel | Collect parcel, activities and available studies. Contamination and soil-bearing capacity are different technical questions. |
| Environmental disclosures | L125-7 concerns written SIS disclosure; L514-20 concerns specified former ICPE activity. Their scopes are not interchangeable. |
| Use and investigations | Match intended use, findings and orders. Absence from a list is not a clean-site certificate. |
| Transaction and claimed duties | Keep disclosures, clauses and dated statements. Silence alone does not determine cancellation or cost allocation in this worksheet. |
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Does Swiss transfer of a listed site need separate review?
LPE32dbis has its own transfer or division conditions. Read the actual listed status and legal branch rather than presuming universal prohibition.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Sans préjudice de l'article L. 514-20 et de l'article L. 125-5, lorsqu'un terrain situé en secteur d'information sur les sols mentionné à l'article L. 125-6 fait l'objet d'un contrat de vente ou de location, le vendeur ou le bailleur du terrain est tenu d'en informer par écrit l'acquéreur ou le locataire. Il communique les informations rendues publiques par l'Etat, en application de l'article L. 125-6. L'acte de vente ou de location atteste de l'accomplissement de cette formalité.
In plain English: LPE32c concerns remediation and cadastre conditions;32d causal actors and cost allocation. They do not make every current owner automatically liable for every cost.
Which records should precede a decision?
Inventory studies, official records, historical uses and orders. A map alone does not support an invented technical conclusion.
What does the contaminated-site file deliver?
It organises history, disclosure, use and acts. It certifies no clean soil and decides no remediation payer.
What other questions arise in this file?
Which French environmental information was supplied?
L125-7 concerns written SIS disclosure; L514-20 concerns specified former ICPE activity. Their scopes are not interchangeable.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
What does the transaction say about these facts?
Keep disclosures, clauses and dated statements. Silence alone does not determine cancellation or cost allocation in this worksheet.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which Swiss contaminated-site rules address remediation costs?
LPE32c concerns remediation and cadastre conditions;32d causal actors and cost allocation. They do not make every current owner automatically liable for every cost.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which records should precede a decision?
Inventory studies, official records, historical uses and orders. A map alone does not support an invented technical conclusion.
Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Code de l’environnement art.L514-20814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainir814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des frais814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des frais
Which official references should you consult?
- Code de l’environnement art.L125-7Légifrance
- Code de l’environnement art.L514-20Légifrance
- 814.01 : Art. 32 c Obligation d’assainirFedlex
- 814.01 : Art. 32 d Prise en charge des fraisFedlex
- 814.01 : Art. 32 d bis Garantie de la couverture des fraisFedlex
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026