ClientEarth’s lawyers are taking the European Commission to court over the lack of transparency in the EU’s pesticide authorisation process, the environmental NGO announced, on Thursday 30 September, the day after it filed a complaint with the General Court of the EU.
ClientEarth is challenging the Commission’s refusal to disclose the positions of Member States on the possible renewal of the authorisation of cypermethrin, which is used for agricultural purposes but is known to be toxic...