Rustica Prograin Genetics SA and Others v. the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Reference : 206687, 207303 Complaint date : April 14, 1999 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Paris Plaintiffs types : Economic stakeholders Plaintiffs names : Rustica Prograin Genetics SA, Monsanto, Limagrain, Pioneer, Maïsadour, Novartis Seeds, RAGT, Verneuil Seeds Defendants : Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : , Neonicotinoid, Gaucho Requests : To revoke the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture to withdraw the marketing authorisation for Gaucho provisionally and to prohibit the cultivation of sunflower seeds coated with Gaucho Name of the Court : State Council of Paris, France Jurisdiction level : No description Decision date : December 29, 1999 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The observations of UNAF, the national beekeeping union and the union of honey producers of France are allowed; the complainants' requests are rejected. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The Minister of Agriculture has taken the provisional decision to withdraw the marketing authorisation for the insecticide Gaucho and ban the cultivation of seeds treated with Gaucho without prior notification to the parties concerned, but the request to reverse this decision has been rejected. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : No related link for this case.