Agricultural Emergency Law: the Constitutional Council Validates the Main Text, with the Derogatory Reintroduction of Certain Pesticides and Measures on Water Storage
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Almost a month after the adoption of the Agricultural Emergency Act by the National Assembly, the Constitutional Council approved almost the entire text on Friday, 14 August. Decisions on the derogatory reintroduction of banned pesticides and on water management were very much expected.
In its decision, the Constitutional Council considers that the derogations concerning the temporary reintroduction of banned pesticides - acetamiprid for the hazelnut and flupyradifurone sectors for apples, cherries and sugar beets - are of "the general interest", but it adds to its validation two reservations concerning the geographical area where the derogation is granted and the time limit for the health authority to decide. This last step be…
Only seven provisions, including the administrative closure of shops selling pyrotechnic devices or the widespread pseudonymization of agents in judicial investigations, were censored on Friday, 14 August.
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La CroixThe Agricultural Emergency Act was almost fully validated this Friday by the Constitutional Council, including the controversial aspects on the derogatory reintroduction of banned pesticides, considered sufficiently supervised by the Wise.
This last step before the promulgation for a text supposed to respond to the agricultural anger of winter comes at a time when French agriculture is facing an unprecedented drought, with dramatic consequences for many crops and also animals.
In a long-awaited decision, the Constitutional Council approved on Friday almost all of the emergency agricultural law, including measures concerning the temporary and derogation reintroduction of two banned pesticides.
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