Global 2000 et al v. BfR and EFSA

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

December 4, 2017

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

Austria, Vienna

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Global 2000, PAN Europe, PAN Germany, Générations Futures

Defendants :

BfR (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), EFSA

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Josef Unterweger

Case nature :

Criminal court

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Disqualify the conclusions of BfR and EFSA on the non-carcinogenicity of glyphosate.

Name of the Court :

Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Vienna, Austria

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

BFR and EFSA have violated their duty to take an independent, objective, transparent and scientifically sound decision on the assessment of the application for extension of the authorisation of glyphosate. Indeed, BfR plagiarised essential parts of the report provided by the industry instead of carrying out an evaluation report in accordance with the legal provisions. EFSA uncritically adopted the plagiarized BfR report and falsified it by eliminating a relevant study suggesting the carcinogenicity of glyphosate without its own examination, following a telephone call made by a person close to the pesticide manufacturer. Similar complaints were filed simultaneously in Germany (246 Js 1470/17), France, Italy and Portugal.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.