Collectif des maires anti-pesticides v. Ministry of Agriculture

Administrative
Local authorities
French Republic
All
January 21, 2020
France, Paris

The network of anti-pesticides city mayors challenges before the Council of State the minimum distances for pesticide application and the conditions for drawing up commitment charters,…

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Collectif des maires anti-pesticides v. Ministry of Agriculture

Administrative
Politicians
Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche
Other
January 21, 2020
France, Paris

The Collective of anti-pesticide mayors, which brings together mayors whose municipalities have adopted an anti-pesticide order, requests the suspension and cancellation of the national decree…

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Wade v. Monsanto

Civil court
Individuals
Monsanto, Osborn Barr
Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup
No description
United States, Saint Louis, Missouri

Four plaintiffs allege that their exposure to Roundup herbicide caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma…

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Préfet des Deux-Sèvres v. Maire de Chizé

Administrative
Politicians
Daniel Barré
All
January 16, 2020
France, Bordeaux

The order prohibiting the use of pesticides in the commune taken by the mayor of Chizé was challenged by the prefect of Deux-Sèvre before the administrative court of Poitiers…

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FNE v. Ministère de la transition écologique et al

Administrative
Environmental NGOs
Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire (environment), Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie, Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités
All
January 13, 2020
France, Paris

FNE groups have noted in the field the lack of implementation of the French law transposing the European directive which requires Member States to ban or restrict the use of synthetic pesticides in Natura 2000 sites…

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