Overview

• The ruling excised only the measure lifting the ban on acetamipride while upholding the law’s other deregulatory elements.
• Simplified approvals for large-scale livestock operations and agricultural water-storage projects were validated without constitutional objection.
• Judges based their decision on a lack of environmental framing, citing the Charte de l’environnement’s precautionary principle.
• President Macron has committed to promulgating the amended legislation within two weeks, retaining its approved provisions.
• Senator Laurent Duplomb indicated he may draft new legislation to reintroduce the pesticide in line with the court’s guidelines.