Pollution of a river by a company, pollution that would have serious consequences - for example, intoxication of several people or even the death of some of them - will be punished with a maximum of 10 years in prison for the individual responsible and a fine of a maximum of 5% of the global turnover of that company, if the agreement concluded at the end of last week between the European Parliament and the EU Council on a new environmental directive will be adopted by MEPs, Euractiv announces.
