Last November, Parliament authorized the reintroduction of neonicotinoids for beets.
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ISA HARSIN / SIPA
The Council of State validated, on Monday, the provisional re-authorization of neonicotinoid insecticides in the sugar beet industry, considering that it was not contrary to the Constitution or to European law, which provides for exemptions from their general ban. .
The highest administrative court thus rejects the appeal of several NGOs which urgently demanded a ban on the return of these insecticides "bee killers", temporarily re-authorized to deal with the drop in crops after the invasion of a vector aphid. jaundice.
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