Blaise and Others (Agriculture and Fisheries - Placing of plant protection products on the market - Abstract)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Placing of plant protection products on the market — Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 — Validity — Precautionary principle — Definition of the concept of ‘active substance’ — Combination of active substances — Reliability of the assessment procedure — Public access to the dossier — Tests of long-term toxicity — Pesticides — Glyphosate )

Agriculture — Approximation of laws — Placing of plant protection products on the market — Regulation No 1107/2009 — Application of the precautionary principle — Judicial review — Limits — Manifest error of assessment

(Arts 9 and 168(1), TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union , Art. 35; Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No 1107/2009, recital 8 and Art. 1(2) and (4))

Agriculture — Approximation of laws — Placing of plant protection products on the market — Regulation No 1107/2009 — Concept of active substance — Concept not defined — Manifest error of assessment — None — Infringement of the precautionary principle — None

(Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No 1107/2009, Arts 2(2) and (3), and 33(3)(b))