PAN EU et al v. State of Belgium

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

December 7, 2022

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

Belgium, Brussels

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

PAN Europe, Nature&Progrès Belgique

Defendants :

State of Belgium

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Antoine Bailleux

Case nature :

Administrative

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

Cypermethrin, , Pyrethroid, Sherpa 100 EW, Aphicar 100 EW

Requests :

Immediately suspend the authorization of Sherpa 100 EW and Aphicar 100 EW, two cypermethrin-based insecticides

Name of the Court :

Council of State of Brussels, Belgium

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

The organizations are challenging the marketing approvals for two cypermethrin-based insecticides as not complying with EU pesticide regulations. These substances can only be approved by member states when it has been demonstrated that they cannot be replaced by a safer alternative(s) for human health and the environment, according to EU implementing regulation 2021/2049, but the Belgian authorities have not conducted a comparative assessment to identify whether chemical and non-chemical alternatives exist.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.