The Constitutional Council censored Thursday the most disputed provision of the DUPLomb law, which provided for the reintroduction under the conditions of a prohibited pesticide of the family of neonicotinoids, judged by the wise men contrary to the environment charter.
This pesticide is all the more debated as it is authorized in Belgium.
The DUPLomb law, adopted in parliament in early July with the support of the government, was the subject of a vast protest movement despite summer, including in the scientific world. A petition demanding its repeal brought together more than 2.1 million signatures. The derogatory reintroduction of acetamipride, prohibited since 2018 in France but authorized elsewhere in Europe, has crystallized the protest. His return was claimed by the powerful agricultural union FNSEA – from which Senator LR Laurent DUPLOMM came – for beet and hazelnut producers.
The Constitutional Council finally considered that “lack of sufficient supervision”, this measure was contrary to “framework defined by its case law, arising from the Environment Charter”, according to a press release. This charter has constitutional value.
In their decision, the Sages recall that neonicotinoids “have implications for biodiversity, especially for pollinating insects and birds” and “induce risks to human health”.
