The Minister of Agriculture made the announcement on Monday, following the decision of the European Court of Justice.
French Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau announced on Monday that he was abandoning a derogatory measure authorizing the use of neonicotinoid insecticides to protect sugar beet seeds, after a European court decision deeming these derogations illegal for these substances toxic to plants. bees.
“I have no intention of playing around with farmers and especially those who are worried“, declared the minister during a press briefing in Paris. The government will therefore not propose a “third year of derogation on the coating of beet seeds, it’s over for this element, the decision of the Court of Justice (European) is powerful enough not to destabilize the system even more“.
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