SWITZERLAND - FEDERAL SUPREME COURT - CASE re PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS - SUMMARY WITH LINK TO JUDGMENT

Key issue: Appeal against a federal decision of excluding organisations from certain authorisation processes; access to justice and access to information – a public authority cannot exclude organisations on the basis of a lack of spatial reference when taking decisions that may have an impact on nature protection concerns

Key words: access to court, Aarhus Convention, nature protection, biodiversity, standing for NGOs, legal standing, locus standi, public interest, sufficient interest, spatial reference, access to information, authorization of plant protection products