Pinel: who pays what?

♦ Fee of 2 euros per passenger

The Pinel islet is part of the Natural Reserve of Saint Martin. Regulation of uses has been set and must be respected under penalty of law.
All boat companies which take passengers to spend the day on the islet must be registered with the Natural Reserve. This registration entitles them the right to come. A sticker identifies these companies.
A fee of two euros per day and per person is due by each passenger. It is collected by the company that must return it to the Natural Reserve.
Companies registered in Saint Martin may come to Pinel provided they are registered, collect and redistribute the fee.

♦ Tax due to customs
The carriers are subject to another regulation. They must not redistribute a fee to the Natural Reserve since they are considered to be carriers of passengers heading to a natural space. Therefore, are they required to pay a tax to the customs authorities?
This tax is 7% of the outward trip, or 35-euro cents.
♦ One AOT for restaurants
Restaurants that are located in Pinel benefit from an authorization of temporary occupation from the Coastal Protection Agency. In 2013, one of the restaurants, The Key, had been demolished because it was illegally on the public domain, or the beach of Pinel. "The establishment, built in 2006, had initially received an authorization of temporary occupation granted by the Protection Agency, like the three other establishments of the islet, subject to the respect of environmental requirements and payment to the Natural Reserve of a fee for the site management. Lack of playing the game, and after several attempts to search for an amicable solution, a fine of major roadways against the managing company was initiated by the Protection Agency in July 2010, for illegal occupation of the public domain. Following this procedure, the Administrative Court of Saint Martin had sentenced on 22 March 2012 the managing company to demolish the building. A court of appeal upheld this conviction on 29 November 2012. The managing company did not conduct the demolition within the stipulated deadline, the Coastal Protection Agency was authorized by the two court decisions to demolish the restaurant itself", recalls on its website the Natural Reserve, which manages Pinel on behalf of the Coastal Protection Agency.