ClientEarth v. European Commission

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

September 30, 2021

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

ClientEarth

Defendants :

European Commission

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Anne Friel

Case nature :

EU court

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

, Cypermethrin

Requests :

ClientEarth is challenging the Commission’s refusal to disclose the positions that Member States are defending when it comes to renewing the authorisation of cypermethrin.

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

ClientEarth is challenging the Commission’s refusal to disclose the positions that Member States are defending when it comes to renewing the authorisation of cypermethrin. The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF), in which 27 EU agriculture ministers decide whether to approve dangerous pesticides behind closed doors, is currently assessing whether cypermethrin should continue to be used in Europe once its current approval expires. The summary records of these committee meetings reveal that some ministers have radically changed their mind in favor of cypermethrin in the course of 2020 but the public has no idea why. ClientEarth is challenging the Commission’s refusal to disclose the positions that Member States are defending. It believes that the EU’s transparency rules legally oblige the Commission to make this information available to all so that citizens can hold their governments to account for the positions they defend at EU level.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.