Bayer et al v. College voor de toelating van gewasbesch

Reference :

C-442/14

Complaint date :

September 24, 2014

Status :

Provisional judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Economic stakeholders, Beekeepers/Honey Producers

Plaintiffs names :

Bayer CropScience SA-NV, Stichting de Bijenstichting

Defendants :

Council for the authorization of phytopharmaceutical and biocidal products (CTB)

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

L. Smale

Case nature :

EU court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

, Neonicotinoid, Imidacloprid

Requests :

Interprétation for divulgation of documents submitted by Bayer for the autorization to put some phytopharmaceutical or biocidal products containing the active ingredient imidacloprid on the Dutch market.

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of the European Union of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Request for a preliminary ruling (EU)

Decision date :

November 23, 2016

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The confidentiality of commercial and industrial information may not be invoked to preclude the disclosure of information on emissions into the environment, covering, inter alia, information concerning the nature and effects of the release of a pesticide into air, water or soil, or onto plants.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

11.23.2016, reference for a preliminary ruling on the litigation of Bayer and Stichting De Bijenstichting v. the Coucil for the autorization of phytopharmaceutical and biocidal of the Netherlands about divulgation of documents, following a decision by which the latter has partially followed de Bijenstichting's request for access to documents submitted by Bayer in the course of the marketting authorization of some phytopharmaceutical et biocidal products containing the active ingredient imidacloprid

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.