AGAC v. French State

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

May 26, 2021

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Paris

Plaintiffs types :

Consumer Protection Organizations

Plaintiffs names :

Association guadeloupéenne d'action contre le chlordécone (AGAC)

Defendants :

State

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

Administrative

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Insecticide, Organochlorine, Chlordecone

Requests :

40 million € to map the potentially polluted soils of Guadeloupe and 100 million € to compensate the owners whose plots are polluted.

Name of the Court :

Administrative Court of Paris , France

Jurisdiction level :

Court

Summary :

AGAC has filed an application with the Administrative Court of Paris to claim funds to map chlordecone-contaminated soil in Guadeloupe. It claims 40 million euros to carry out an analysis of the potentially polluted soils and 100 million euros to compensate the owners if contamination is proven.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.