SPRA et al v. Prefect of the Aisne Reference : 18DA01198 Complaint date : June 8, 2018 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Douai Plaintiffs types : Environmental NGOs Plaintiffs names : Sauvegarder son patrimoine en région agroviticole (SPRA), Générations futures Defendants : Prefect of the Aisne Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : François Lafforgue Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : All Requests : Cancellation of the decision of May 19, 2015 by which the prefect of the Aisne refused to issue an order prohibiting spraying pesticides near homes and schools in the territory of the municipality of Saulchery... and injunction to the prefect of the Aisne to issue an order prohibiting spraying pesticides within 50 meters of homes and schools in the territory of the municipality, within a period of one month and under a penalty of 50 euros per day of delay... Name of the Court : Administrative Court of Appeals of Douai, France Jurisdiction level : Decision date : June 30, 2020 Decision nature : Negative Decision content : The court decides that there is no need to rule on the conclusions for annulment and stay of proceedings of the request. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The SPRA association sought the cancellation of the decision of May 19, 2015 by which the prefect of the Aisne refused to issue an order prohibiting spraying pesticides near homes and schools in the territory of the municipality of Saulchery and the implicit decision of rejection arising from the silence kept on its request of June 29, 2015 addressed to the prefect of the Aisne to issue such an order. On April 10, 2018, the administrative court of Amiens admitted the intervention of the association Générations futures, but found that there was no need to rule on the conclusions directed against the implicit decision of rejection insofar as it refused to issue an order prohibiting spraying pesticides near the schools of Saulchery and rejected the rest of the conclusions of the request. The groups filed an appeal on June 8, 2018. On June 30, 2020, the administrative court of appeal rejects the groups' conclusions and decides that there is no need to rule on the conclusions for the purpose of cancelling and suspending the ruling of the request. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Saulchery : à quand une réglementation des traitements phytosanitaires ? L'Association "Sauvegarder son Patrimoine en Région Agroviticole"