CRIIGEN v. ANSES Reference : 1704067 // 19LY01017-19LY01031 Complaint date : April 27, 2017 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Lyon Plaintiffs types : Environmental NGOs Plaintiffs names : CRIIGEN Defendants : ANSES (Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Bayer Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Corinne Lepage Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Roundup, Glyphosate, POEA, Herbicide Requests : Annulation of the decision to put Roundup Pro 360 herbicide on the market. Request for a preliminary ruling from CJEU. Name of the Court : Administrative Court of Appeals of Lyon, France Jurisdiction level : Appellate (Appeal) Court Decision date : June 29, 2021 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The decision to grant marketing authorization for Roundup Pro 360 is cancelled. It is not necessary to ask the ECJ for a preliminary ruling. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The case claims that ANSES marketing authorization for Roundup Pro 360 is unlawful because of disrepect of the precautionary principle, a lack of evaluation, an infringement of EU law and irregular labeling. Following the cancellation by Lyon's administrative court of the marketing authorization for Roundup Pro 360 on 01/15/2019, criigen wrote to the Prime Minister, the Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Health on 22 January 2019 to remind them that the basis of this court decision establishes a clear risk for all glyphosate-based herbicides, and in particular all Roundup herbicides, and to ask them to order the cancellation of the authorisations for all these herbicides as soon as possible. Without an answer within 2 months, criigen sues the Minister of Agriculture, on Apr. 15, 2019. On March 15, 2019, ANSES appeals the judgement to cancel the authorisation of Roundup pro 360. At the hearing of June 1, 2021 at the Administrative Court of Appeal of Lyon, the public rapporteur concludes that the judgment cancelling the authorization of Roundup Pro 360 for manifest errors of appreciation and precaution in the risk assessment should be confirmed. On 06/29/2021, Bayer's and ANSES's appeals against the decision to cancel the authorization of Roundup pro 360 are rejected by the Administrative Court of Appeal of Lyon. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Décision N° 1704067 du tribunal administratif, 29/01/2019 Glyphosate : sérieux revers judiciaire pour le Roundup de Bayer-Monsanto (FR) La justice annule l'autorisation de mise sur le marché du Roundup Pro 360 (FR) French court cancels Monsanto weedkiller permit on safety grounds Request for cancellation of all market authorizations of Roundup products, letter from 1/22/2019 (FR) CRIIGEN v. Ministre de l’Agriculture, April 15, 2019 Victoire du CRIIGEN : Interdiction du Roundup Pro 360 ! Le principe de précaution stoppe les produits à base de glyphosate : Commentaire par Corinne Lepage de la décision de la CAA de Lyon, 29 juin 2021 Glyphosate : le principe de précaution remet en cause les autorisations de mise sur le marché