People stand behind a banner which reads, "National Coordination of Associations of Residents near Dangerous Chemical Sites (Seveso)" before the verdict in appeals court in Toulouse, September 24, 2012. A French court on Monday fined a subsidiary of oil giant Total over a massive chemicals plant explosion in 2001 that killed 31 people and injured upwards of 2,500. The appeals court in the southern city of Toulouse fined the Total unit 225,000 euros ($292,300) over the blast at the nearby AZF factory. It also sentenced the former director of the AZF plant to one year of jail for manslaughter. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: CRIME LAW DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)