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French Court Strikes Down Return Of Banned Pesticide

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France's top constitutional authority on Thursday ruled that a controversial measure to allow the reintroduction of a banned pesticide harmful to ecosystems is unconstitutional.

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In France, the Constitutional Council has prevented the planned reintroduction of a previously banned insect poison. According to the constitutional judges, a new approval of the active substance acetamiprid is not compatible with the environmental charter, which has constitutional status in France.

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The decision of the Constitutional Council to censor the reintroduction of acetamipride in the Duplomb law does not go on the side of the hazelnut producers, gathered in the Unicoque cooperative and...

Lean Right

The Constitutional Council has invalidated the article of the Duplomb law reintroducing acetamiprid, a pesticide banned since 2018. While opponents are delighted with this partial censorship, the FNSEA denounces an attack on agricultural competitiveness.

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The Duplomb law, against which more than 2 million French were mobilized, was partly censored by the Constitutional Council. The reintroduction of acetamipride was considered unconstitutional but the green light was given to the megabasins.

Lean Right

The Constitutional Council decided that the planned reintroduction of the pesticide acetamiprid, which was already banned in 2018, would violate the environmental charter.

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The reintroduction of acetamiprid, a banned pesticide in the neonicotinoid family, was censored by the Sages on Thursday. The Constitutional Council also declared compliance with the other key provisions on water storage facilities and livestock buildings.

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NotreTemps.com broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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