FNAB et al v. State

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

July 1, 2022

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Amiens

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Fédération Nationale d'Agriculture Biologique (FNAB), Générations futures

Defendants :

State

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

François Lafforgue

Case nature :

Administrative

Specificities :

Summary proceedings

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

Fixy, Prosulfocarb, Herbicide

Requests :

Withdrawal and immediate suspension of the marketing of Fixy, a prosulfocarb-based herbicide.

Name of the Court :

Administrative Court of Amiens, France

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

FNAB and Générations Futures are taking legal action to request the withdrawal and immediate suspension of the commercial authorization of Fixy, a prosulfocarb-based herbicide. Prosulfocarb is the second most used herbicide in France, after glyphosate. Used in the treatment of cereals, it is a very volatile molecule which diffusion in the environment is uncontrollable. Thus, its dispersion generates a great pollution of the environment and contaminates neighboring crops in a large area, which causes the loss of crops by organic producers who are not compensated because no responsible can be identified. On July 20, 2022 the groups are dismissed as far as the summary proceedings are concerned.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.