FNPRT v. MDRGF

Reference :

09/02683

Complaint date :

January 6, 2010

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Paris

Plaintiffs types :

Economic stakeholders

Plaintiffs names :

Fédération nationale des producteurs de raisins de table (FNPRT)

Defendants :

Movement for the Right and Respect of Future Generations (MDRGF)

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Alexandre Faro, Corinne Lepage

Case nature :

Civil court

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

Not specified

Requests :

Compensation for the damage suffered by the publication of an investigation on the contamination of grapes by pesticides characterizing a wrongful denigration as well as the withdrawal of this publication.

Name of the Court :

Court of First Instance of Paris, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

February 10, 2010

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The judge did not grant FNPRT's request and ordered it to pay one symbolic euro in damages and €2,000 for the group's defense costs.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

FNPRT filed a complaint against MDRGF and claims to have suffered damage resulting from the publication of an investigation on the contamination of grapes by pesticides published by the group. It seeks compensation of € 500,000. The hearing took place on January 06, 2010. On February 10, 2010, the judge did not grant the request of the federation of producers of table grapes on the grounds that the survey conducted by the defendant is not biased and presents, the results of a studywithout distortion, proposals for changes in the regulations on plant protection products. The producers are condemned for abusive procedure to pay one symbolic euro of damages and €2.000 for the defense costs incurred by the association.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.