Bayer and Syngenta v. European Commission Reference : T‑429/13 and T‑451/13 Complaint date : August 14, 2013 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : European Union, Luxembourg Plaintiffs types : Economic stakeholders Plaintiffs names : Bayer, Syngenta Defendants : European Commission Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : EU court Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : , Neonicotinoid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Clothianidin Requests : Annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 485/2013 of 24 May 2013 prohibiting the use and sale of the active substances clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid. Name of the Court : Court of Justice of Luxembourg, European Union Jurisdiction level : Decision date : May 17, 2018 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : Court from the EuropeThe Court of Justice of Luxembourg confirmed that the European Commission acted lawfully by banning the use of bee-killing neonicotinoids on bee-attractive crops in 2013. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : Plaintiffs challenge the implementing regulation prohibiting the use of the active ingredients clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid, adopted by the Commission on 5/24/2013. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Action brought on 14 August 2013 (Case T-451/13) Action brought on 19 August 2013 (Case T-429/13) Order of the General Court, October 2014 : Interest in the result of the case General Court of the European Union press release N° 68/18 PAN Europe press release