Asa Rak Mae Klong Group v. Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

October 28, 2019

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

Thailand, Bangkok

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Economic stakeholders

Plaintiffs names :

Anchulee Lak-amnuayporn, Asa Rak Mae Klong Group

Defendants :

Other

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

Administrative

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

Glyphosate, Paraquat, Chlorpyrifos, Herbicide,

Requests :

Revoke a ban on three toxic pesticides: glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, paraquat.

Name of the Court :

Supreme Administrative Court of Bangkok, Thailand

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

May 15, 2020

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The Supreme Administrative Court upheld a lower court decision to dismiss the petition asking it to revoke a ban on three toxic pesticides.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

The applicants want to revoke a ban on three toxic pesticides, glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and paraquat, because farmers have to sell their stocks back to the manufacturers at low prices and take responsibility for transportation costs. Therefore, this measure will have an important economic impact. On October 28, 2019, the plaintiffs petitioned for the annulation of the ban. On November 1, 2019, the central administrative court threw out the petition. The group appeals to the Supreme Court. On May15, 2020, the Supreme Administrative Court agreed with the lower court decision on the grounds that the ban which is beginning on June 1, has yet to take effect, therefore the decision had not caused damage to anyone, meaning that the group was not eligible to file a petition. On June 11, the group makes a 2nd attempt and files a petition with the Central Administrative Court, seeking an injunction to allow the use of agrochemicals banned by the National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC), citing the need for the substances to deal with weeds during the planting season.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.