The prosecutor in the eastern town of Epinal, Frederic Nahon, said the non-prosecution agreement was the "biggest concerning the environment signed in France to date."
The deal ends preliminary probes into the use of wells without authorization and fraud for filtering its mineral waters — a practice that is illegal in France, where mineral waters are supposed to be natural.
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