Summary of Supreme Court Judgement of 30 June 2023: Protection of groundwater and drinking water - ban on use of pesticides in safety Zone

Bidragets oversatte titel: Resume af Højesterets dom af 30. juni 2023: Beskyttelse af grundvand og drikkevand - forbud mod anvendelse af pesticider i Boringsnære Drikkevandsområder (BNBO)

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Abstract

Supreme Court in judgement of 30 June 2023 ratified the use of § 24(1) of the Danish Environmental Protection Act as legal basis for ban on use, handling and storing of plant protection substances on terrain in safety zone for drinking water abstration. Municpal decisions on ban of use of pesticides was appealed to thr Danish Environment and Food Board of Appeal (DEFA) and further on to the Eastern High Court and the Supreme Court. The vulnerable geological and hydrogeological structure of the specific safety zone area, and the documented l risk of pesticides pollution justified the municipal ban, which was also not found disproportional by the Supreme Court
Bidragets oversatte titelResume af Højesterets dom af 30. juni 2023: Beskyttelse af grundvand og drikkevand - forbud mod anvendelse af pesticider i Boringsnære Drikkevandsområder (BNBO)
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftE.U. – U.S. Environmental Jurisprudence Observatory” - Diritto Processuale Amministrativo Law Journal
Antal sider2
StatusAccepteret/In press - 20 sep. 2023

Emneord

  • groundwater proejtection, drinking water protection, ban on pesticide use, Supreme Court Judgement

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