Netherlands: an endocrine-disrupting pesticide banned from May 2027 following PAN Europe legal action

News Tank Transitions - Brussels - News #459747 - Published on 05/11/26 at 16:32
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The Netherlands will ban the endocrine-disrupting pesticide formulation Pitcher, used on fruit, vegetables, and flowers, containing the endocrine-disrupting substance fludioxonil, from May 2027, PAN Europe announced on 4 November 2026, which filed a complaint in 2019.

According to the NGO, this is the “first time in the EU that a pesticide product has been banned following a court case”. Nevertheless, this ban will be progressive to “protect, to the extent possible, the interests of industry and agriculture”.

The Dutch pesticide authority, CTBG, took this decision after an order on 11 August 2026 from the highest Dutch administrative court, which ruled that the formulation should “be banned as soon as possible”. The Dutch court reviewed a 2024 preliminary ruling by the CJEU, which…

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