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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11674

24 November 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 28
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Environment
Public must have access to industry environmental impact studies used to authorise pesticides
Brussels, 23/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 23 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union asserted in two different rulings that the European Commission and national authorities cannot invoke the protection of trade or industrial secrecy to refuse the public access to studies carried out by manufacturers of pesticides and used by monitoring agencies to determine the impact of these products on the environment.

The Court therefore confirmed a 2013 ruling by the General Court of the EU that quashed the...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS