Public Prosecutor and SAS Nora v. 12 Faucheurs Volontaires

Reference :

17059000090

Complaint date :

No description

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Béziers

Plaintiffs types :

Justice, Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Procureur de la république de Béziers, SAS Nora

Defendants :

Environmental NGOs, Individual

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Nicolas Gallon

Case nature :

Criminal court

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Convict the defendants for damage to the property of others committed at meetings on 3/19/2016 in Pézenas (Hérault).

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of Béziers, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

July 4, 2018

Decision nature :

Partially Positive

Decision content :

The court reasserts the acts as wilful deterioration of the property of others causing slight damage, considers the reapers guilty of the alleged acts and sentences them to suspended and light fines.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

12 Voluntary Reapers are prosecuted for degrading glyphosate weedkiller cans in local stores.

Scientific references :

IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. PMID: 31829533.