File and legal actions: Maître Corinne Lepage
Scientific dossier: Dr Joël Spiroux de Vendômois
On November 16, 2023, the European Commission renewed the approval of the active substance glyphosate until 2033. We filed an application for reconsideration of the decision. This request was rejected.
CRIIGEN, accompanied by the " Collectif des maires anti-pesticides " and the association " Agir pour l'Environnement ", has lodged an application with the European Court of First Instance for annulment of the decision to extend the use of glyphosate until 2033.
The decision was therefore taken to turn to the European Court of First Instance, and the possibility of taking legal action was granted after 4 months of waiting...
The scientific case against glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides is clear and overwhelming. The impact on the endocrine, reproductive, cardiac, pulmonary, nervous and immune systems is unquestionable. This is proven by a multitude of international academic scientific publications, which EFSA has ignored, and is backed up by the Inserm 2021 report in France.
When we analyzed the EFSA dossier for renewal, we realized that the dossier submitted was for the glyphosate-based herbicide MON 52276.
Yet MON 52276 is none other than ROUNDUP 360 Pro, which Corinne Lepage and I had ordered withdrawn from the market in November 2019!
In short, the dossier presented for the renewal of glyphosate was that of a herbicide banned in France!!!!
Unthinkable but true!
The court should give us an answer in two months' time.
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