A French appeals court has found petroleum giant Total SA and three other defendants criminally responsible for a 1999 oil spill that blackened France's Atlantic coasts.
The court has upheld a 2008 ruling that faulted Total for "maritime pollution" and ordered the company to pay a euro375,000 ($505,000) fine after it shipped fuel in a rusty tanker that broke apart in rough seas and caused France's worst-ever oil spill.
The spill sullied about 400 kilometers (250 miles) of Atlantic coastal beaches.
The others whose convictions were upheld were the Italian company that inspected the vessel, the ship's Italian owner and the head of the Italian company that operated the vessel.
The appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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