Public Prosecutor v. 7 Faucheurs Volontaires

Reference :

17059000061

Complaint date :

No description

Status :

Provisional judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Saint-Brieuc

Plaintiffs types :

Justice

Plaintiffs names :

Public Prosecutor of Saint-Brieuc

Defendants :

Environmental NGOs, Individual

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Jérôme Bouquet-Elkaim

Case nature :

Criminal court

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Convict the defendants for damage to the property of others committed at meetings on 3/19/2016 in Plouisy, Guingamp and St Agathon.

Name of the Court :

Detached chamber of Guingamp - Criminal Court of Saint-Brieuc, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

December 15, 2017

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The Court refers to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling on 5 questions related to the authorisation of glyphosate, and principally compliance with the precautionary principle. It shall stay its proceedings pending the answer to the questions referred for a preliminary CJEU ruling..

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

7 Voluntary Reapers are prosecuted for degrading glyphosate weedkiller cans in local stores.

Scientific references :

IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. PMID: 31829533.