US EditionFrance’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
FRANCE, AUG 12 – The council ruled the Duplomb law's pesticide clause unconstitutional for harming pollinators and health, following a petition with over 2.1 million signatures, while upholding the rest of the law.
- On Thursday, France's Constitutional Council struck down the Duplomb law’s provision for acetamiprid, banned since 2018 for harming pollinators and ecosystems.
- Backed by President Emmanuel Macron’s government and major farming unions, the Duplomb law was passed in early July despite opposition from scientists, health experts, and environmental groups.
- In addition to striking the pesticide clause, public mobilization peaked as a student-led petition gathered more than 2 million signatures after July 8, the law's adoption.
- Following the decision, the Élysée Palace said President Emmanuel Macron will promulgate the law as soon as possible after he 'took note of the Constitutional Council’s decision.'
- In the coming months, some lawmakers have vowed to push for a full repeal of the Duplomb law, which may influence wider EU debates as acetamiprid remains authorized until 2033.
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Emmanuel Macron promulgated, on Tuesday 12 August in the Official Gazette, the Duplomb law, amputated with the provision providing for the reintroduction of acetamipride, a banned pesticide of the neonicotinoid family, censored by the Constitutional Council.
On Thursday, the Constitutional Council censored the flagship measure of the Duplomb law aimed at reintroducing acetamiprid under conditions. However, the Sages declared that they complied with the other key provisions of the text concerning water storage works. TF1info took stock. - Censorship of acetamiprid in the Duplomb law: what remains of the controversial (always) text? (Environment).
On Thursday, the Constitutional Council censored the most contested provision of the Duplomb Act, which provided for the reintroduction under conditions of acetamipride.
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