Confagricoltura Treviso et al v. Comune di Conegliano

Reference :

00839/2020

Complaint date :

July 9, 2020

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

Italy

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Economic stakeholders, Unions

Plaintiffs names :

Confagricoltura Treviso, Federazione Provinciale Coldiretti Treviso, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori di Treviso, Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, Consorzio Tutela del Vino Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco

Defendants :

Conegliano

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

Administrative

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

All

Requests :

Cancellation of the referendum initiative of the city of Conegliano banning the use of pesticides on the municipal territory.

Name of the Court :

Council of State, Italy

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

May 20, 2021

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The appeal of the producers is rejected as inadmissible. The Conegliano referendum for a ban on synthetic pesticides is legal.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

Groups of wine producers challenged the validity of the referendum "Conegliano without pesticides" organized by the municipality in 2018 to ban all synthetic pesticides in the municipality. The plaintiffs filed a first recourse to the Ministry of the Interior and then a second extraordinary recourse to the President of the Italian Republic. The latter delegated the decision to the Council of State. In its decision of May 20, 2021, the Italian Council of State rejected the recourse and upheld the legality of the Conegliano referendum.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.