Préfet de la Loire-Atlantique v. Maire de La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Reference : 1911032 // 19NT04568 // 1911034 Complaint date : October 9, 2019 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Nantes Plaintiffs types : Politicians Plaintiffs names : Préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique Defendants : Fabrice Roussel Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Corinne Lepage Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : All Requests : Cancellation of the order of September 9, 2019, prohibiting the mechanical application in the field of plant protection products on the territory of the municipality at a distance of less than 150 meters from any cadastral parcel containing a building for residential or professional use, this distance being reduced to 100 meters in certain cases defined by the order. Name of the Court : Administrative Court of Nantes, France Jurisdiction level : Decision date : December 17, 2020 Decision nature : Negative Decision content : The execution of the order of September 9, 2019 of the mayor of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre relating to the prohibition of mechanical spreading of phytopharmaceutical products in open fields is cancelled. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The order banning the use of pesticides in the municipality taken by the mayor of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre on 9/9/2019 is challenged by the prefect of Loire-Atlantique on the grounds that this measure is not the responsibility of a mayor, but of the minister of agriculture. The disputed order was suspended on 11/12/2019 by the judge of summary proceedings. The suspension is confirmed by the administrative court of appeal of Nantes on 10/16/2020. The order is cancelled on 12/17/2020. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Nantes : Le maire de La Chapelle-sur-Erdre signe à son tour un arrêté anti-pesticides Loire-Atlantique. Le maire de La Chapelle-sur-Erdre signe un arrêté municipal anti-pesticides Pesticides. À La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, comme à Langouët, le préfet ira en justice La Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Arrêté anti-pesticides : rendez-vous au tribunal « Arrêtés municipaux anti-pesticides » : premières saisines du tribunal administratif par le préfet Les arrêtés anti-pesticides de Nantes, Rezé, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre et Saint-Malo-de-Guersac annulés Tribunal Administratif de Nantes, décisions 2020, Arrêtés municipaux « anti-pesticides »