Tweedale v. EFSA

Reference :

T-716/14

Complaint date :

October 9, 2014

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Anthony C. Tweedale

Defendants :

EFSA

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Bondine Kloostra

Case nature :

EU court

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate

Requests :

Declare that the EFSA has infringed the Aarhus Convention, Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 in respect of the Commission's decision of 10 August 2011; annul the decision of the EFSA of 30 July 2014.

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

March 7, 2019

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

Annuls the decision of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of 16 October 2017 in so far as EFSA refuses to disclose the whole of those studies, with the exception of the names and signatures of the persons mentioned therein; Orders EFSA to bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by Mr Anthony Tweedale; Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

The plaintiff requests that the court finds that EFSA violated the Aarhus Convention by failing to recognise its obligation to provide information concerning emissions into the environment. On March 7, the General Court annuls the contested decision in so far as it refused to disclose the whole of the requested studies, with the exception of the names and signatures of the persons mentioned in those studies. On the same day, the court issues an identical order in case T-329/17.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.