Eau et Rivières de Bretagne v. Shopix

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

June 29, 2018

Status :

Provisional judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Guingamp

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Eau et Rivières de Bretagne

Defendants :

Shopix (Outillage de Saint-Etienne)

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Thomas Dubreuil

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Summary proceedings

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate

Requests :

Ban all advertising of the glyphosate-based product "Star Desherb.

Name of the Court :

Tribunal d'instance of Guingamp, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

October 25, 2018

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The court considers that this catalogue is an advertising catalogue and that the company has implemented a prohibited advertising for the Star Desherb product. Shopix is ordered to pay the association a provision of €6,500, as well as legal costs. But the court noted that the reference to the product had disappeared and that the company indicated that it had exhausted all its stocks. The request for an advertising ban has therefore become "not applicable".

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

The NGO accuses the company of promoting a glyphosate product, "Star Desherb", by featuring it in its paper catalogue and on its website, while advertising for pesticides intended for the general public has been banned since 2014. After 2 complaints in 2017 and January 2018, which remained ineffective, the association referred the matter to the judge hearing the application for interim measures. The court considers that this catalogue is an advertising catalogue and that Outillage de Saint-Etienne (Shopix) has implemented a prohibited advertising campaign for the Star Desherb product.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.