The sands on the beaches of Sardinia Island, south of Italy, are protected by law due to their exuberance
After carrying out an apparently innocent action, a French tourist paid a fine equivalent to more than 6 thousand reais after having tried to take sand from a beach in Sardinia, Italy, in your suitcase.
The sand of the beaches on the southern island of Italy are protected by law.
In a bottle, the man — who was not identified — placed two kilos of the protected item, being caught by the police after a search at the airport in Cagliari.
Fines for violators, of which there are many in times when tourism is more present, vary from 500 to 3 thousand euros (margin equivalent to 3 thousand to 18 thousand reais).
Law 74/2025 is being challenged in the Court of Justice of the European Union. For thousands of descendants, the next step depends on understanding how the new rule has affected each case.
Your case may still have a legal outcome.
ANALYZE MY CASEA representative from the island's parks reserves told CNN that: “The bottle was confiscated and is now in our operations room where we store these seized items. At the end of the year we usually have many bottles of sand accumulated".
The law prohibiting the removal of sand was created in 2017, to reduce the constant theft on local beaches, which draw attention due to their exuberance: they vary in tone depending on the section they are in, and can be pink, reddish or very white.
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