FNE v. Ministère de la transition écologique et al

Reference :

437613

Complaint date :

January 13, 2020

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Paris

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

France Nature Environnement (FNE)

Defendants :

Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire (environment), Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie, Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

Administrative

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

All

Requests :

To cancel for excess of power the implicit decision to reject the request to take implementing measures in transposition of Directive 2009/128/EC establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides, i.e. to ban or restrict the use of synthetic pesticides in Natura 2000 sites.

Name of the Court :

Council of State of Paris, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

November 15, 2021

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The Council of State asks the government to take the useful and necessary measures to protect biodiversity of European interest exposed to pesticides in Natura 2000 areas within six months.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

FNE groups have noted in the field the lack of implementation of the French law transposing the European directive which requires Member States to ban or restrict the use of synthetic pesticides in Natura 2000 sites and have filed a complaint with the Council of State. The latter noted the illegality of this situation, and ordered the government to take the necessary measures to protect biodiversity of European interest exposed to pesticides in Natura 2000 terrestrial areas within six months.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.