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Cases / Pesticides and agrochemicals · France · 2009–2025

France's Constitutional Council annuls pesticide clause of Duplomb farm law

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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

France's HRI1 pesticide-use indicator fell 32% over 2011–2021, while the dose-based NODU measure rose 3%. The EU pesticide reduction regulation was withdrawn, and in 2025 the Constitutional Council annulled the clause of the Duplomb law that brought back acetamiprid.

What?
A pesticide-use indicator that fell 32% since 2011 sits alongside a dose-based measure that rose 3%; a clause to return acetamiprid was annulled in 2025. LCP
Where?
France, under EU-level rules
When?
2009 to 2025
Who?
Gained
  • Pesticide users in the farm sector — Dose-based use (NODU) rose 3% over 2011–2021 and was 13% above 2009 by 2024
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Water and health budgets — The sources list them as paying for pesticide-related costs; no amount is given for France
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Pesticide use was tracked by a switched indicator; an EU reduction regulation was withdrawn; the Duplomb law brought back acetamiprid, which the Constitutional Council annulled. LCP
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

France's HRI1 indicator recorded a 32% fall in pesticide use over 2011–2021, while the NODU dose-based measure rose 3% over the same period, according to the sources reviewed.

France moved to the HRI1 indicator; by 2024 the dose-based NODU measure was 13% above its 2009 level.

The EU pesticide reduction regulation (SUR) was withdrawn, according to the sources reviewed.

LCP reported that the Constitutional Council annulled the clause of the Duplomb law that reintroduced acetamiprid, on 7 August 2025.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. 2025-08-07Overturned on appeal
      Duplomb law: acetamiprid clause
      Conseil constitutionnel · constitutional · →

      The Constitutional Council annulled the clause of the Duplomb law that reintroduced acetamiprid. LCP

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: that the indicator was chosen jointly by the state and the FNSEA farm union.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not record a fine or clawback for the pesticide sector in France.
    • None on record The effect of the 2025 annulment on existing acetamiprid use is not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record An administrative route through the Conseil d'État is mentioned, but no decision is recorded in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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