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Law prohibiting the cultivation of varieties of genetically modified maize

País/Territorio
Francia
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
May 28, 2014
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Constitutional Council
Sede de la corte
Paris
Número de referencia
2014-694 DC
Idioma
Francés
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Derecho constitutional Principio de cautela OGM
Resumen

The Constitutional Council was seized of an application relating to the Law prohibiting the cultivation of varieties of genetically modified maize by 60 Senators and Members of the National Assembly.

The applicants notably asserted that the definitive and general prohibition imposed by the contested legislative provisions violated the precautionary principle enshrined in Article 5 of the Charter for the Environment.

The Constitutional Council didn’t follow the applicants’ argument and ruled that the Law prohibiting the cultivation of varieties of genetically modified maize was constitutional.

It considered that the contested provisions had the objective of prohibiting the cultivation of varieties of genetically modified maize without any temporal limit and that, accordingly, the objection alleging that the permanent prohibition of the cultivation of these varieties of maize violates the precautionary principle was misconstrued.

Texto completo
conseil-constitutionnel-2014-694 DC.pdf