Confédération Paysanne et al v. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Reference : 314016 Complaint date : March 7, 2008 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Paris Plaintiffs types : Farmers, Environmental NGOs, Beekeepers/Honey Producers Plaintiffs names : Confédération Paysanne, Mouvement pour le droit et le respect des générations futures (MDRGF), Les Amis de la Terre France, Syndicat des Apiculteurs Professionnels du Centre et de l'Ouest, Syndicat des Apiculteurs Professionnels Rhône-Alpes, Union Nationale de l'Apiculture Française (UNAF), Syndicat National d'Apiculture, France Nature Environnement (FNE) Defendants : Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Syngenta Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : SCP Waquet, Farge, Hazan Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : , Neonicotinoid, Cruiser, Thiamethoxam Requests : Cancellation of decision to authorize marketing of Cruiser 350 until 12/31/2008; claim 4000€ from the State. Name of the Court : Supreme Court (Conseil d'Etat) of Paris, France Jurisdiction level : Decision date : February 16, 2011 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The decisions to authorize marketing of Cruiser until 31/12/2009 are cancelled; The State must pay 3000€ to Confédération Paysanne and others, 6000€ to UNAF and 1500€ to FNE; Syngenta's conclusions are rejected. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : Plaintiffs seek cancellation of Decisions No. 2070196 of 7/1/2008 of the Minister of Agriculture, which authorized the marketing of Syngenta's insecticide Cruiser until December 31, 2008, and of December 17, 2008, which renewed this authorization until December 31, 2009, for use as a seed treatment against swine flukes and wireworms on grain maize, silage maize and female seed corn. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : No related link for this case.