Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully:

a.

con­structs or op­er­ates a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion without a li­cence;

b.

fails to ful­fil the ob­lig­a­tions arising from an op­er­at­ing li­cence for a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion (Art­icles 22 and 38), de­com­mis­sion­ing ob­lig­a­tions (Art­icle 26) or the ob­lig­a­tions as­so­ci­ated with the dis­pos­al of ra­dio­act­ive waste and the seal­ing of a deep geo­lo­gic­al re­pos­it­ory (Art­icle 31 and Art­icle 39, para­graphs 1 and 2);

c.

car­ries out op­er­a­tions that af­fect the pro­tec­tion zone of a deep geo­lo­gic­al re­pos­it­ory without hold­ing the ne­ces­sary li­cence;

d.

car­ries out an activ­ity that re­quires a per­mit without first ob­tain­ing the ne­ces­sary per­mit.

shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁵⁶

² If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, he shall be li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁵⁷

³ Any per­son who wil­fully car­ries out oth­er activ­it­ies that are sub­ject to the grant­ing of a li­cence in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions of this Act or an im­ple­ment­ing or­din­ance, but who does not hold the re­quis­ite li­cence, shall be li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁵⁸

⁴ If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty shall be a fine not ex­ceed­ing 100,000 francs.⁵⁹