Pesticides: Conseil d'Etat orders rules on use to be amended to protect the public more effectively
The new rules on the spraying of pesticides in agriculture, introduced by the Government at the end of 2019, were challenged before the Conseil d' ...
The Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge does not suspend the extension of the health pass
The Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge did not suspend the extension of the health pass to cultural and leisure establishments and venues ...
Bilateral seminar between the French Conseil d’Etat and the German Federal Administrative Court
On July 22 to 23, 2021, the Conseil d’Etat hosted the Federal Administrative Court of Germany, led by its President, Mr. Klaus Rennert. This meeti ...
Management package for company executives: The Conseil d'État rules that earnings must be taxed as salary if they are related to the performance of duties
In order to align the interests of their executives or employees with those of their shareholders, many companies offer share acquisition schemes ...
Franco-Spanish bilateral seminar
A delegation led by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat Bruno Lasserre was welcomed on Friday July 9 in Madrid, first by Spanish Tribuna...
The Conseil d’État publishes its assessment and proposals regarding the authorities’ investigative powers
The Conseil d’État today published its study of the French authorities’ audit and investigation powers with regard to companies and citizens. In t ...
The Conseil d'État decides not to suspend France’s “health pass”
The association “La Quadrature du Net” applied to the Conseil d’État’s urgent applications judge with a request for the suspension of France’s “he ...
Access to “classified defence” archives must be possible with no prior procedures once the legal deadlines for non-disclosure have expired
Since 2011, the Government has imposed a declassification procedure before “classified defence” archives can be accessed. Archivists and historian ...
Brancusi’s “The Kiss” must remain in Montparnasse cemetery
Created by Constantin Brancusi in 1909, the sculpture “The Kiss” adorns the tomb of Tatiana Rachewskaia in Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. The Fre ...
Greenhouse gas emissions: the Conseil d’État annuls the Government’s refusal to take additional measures and orders it to take these measures before 31 March 2022
The municipality of Grande-Synthe and several associations asked the Conseil d'État to annul the Government’s refusal to take additional measures ...
The Conseil d’État rules that glue trap hunting is illegal
In response to requests from animal protection associations, calling for a ban on glue trap hunting, and by hunting federations, calling for the p ...
Unemployment insurance: the new rules for calculating the benefit have been suspended
Unhappy with upcoming reforms to unemployment insurance, several trade unions asked the urgent applications judge of the Conseil d’État to suspend ...
The Conseil d’État looks back over 2020
Public liberties, sustainable development, health, the economy, terrorism, personal data, employment rights, education... France’s Conseil d’État ...
Open-air election meetings are allowed without size limits and in compliance with health regulations
Ms Clémentine Autain and the political association “La France insoumise” asked the urgent applications judge attached to France’s Conseil d’Etat t ...
Kettling, accreditation of journalists... France’s Conseil d’Etat cancels several points of the law-and-order scheme
Further to applications filed by several associations and trade unions, the Conseil d’Etat has declared several points of the law-and-order scheme ...
The closure of nightclubs is justified for the time being because these venues present particular risks
Several organisations representing nightclub professionals have asked the Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge to order the Government to au ...
The urgent applications judge rejects the request to lift the curfew for "Qadr Night"
The Grande Mosquée de Paris and two associations asked the Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge to authorise the opening of mosques in...
Travel restrictions not suspended for people vaccinated or already infected with COVID-19
Individuals and an association asked the Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge to suspend the lockdown and curfew measures for people who hav ...
The Conseil d'Etat does not suspend the dissolution of the Génération Identitaire association
When the Génération Identitaire association challenged the dissolution of the association by the Government, the Conseil d'État's urgent applicati ...
The urgent applications judge decides not to suspend the BTS exams
300 students and associations have asked the Conseil d'État's urgent applications judge to suspend the BTS exams and instead validate them on the ...
Meeting of the French Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat with the President of the Republic of Latvia
The Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat, Bruno Lasserre, accompanied by the Delegate for International Relations, Yves Gounin, visited Riga from ...
The Government must ensure that all projects having a significant impact on the environment are the subject of an upstream assessment
France Nature Environnement (FNE) has asked the Conseil d'État to annul the decree that exempts small-scale development projects (buildings, infra ...
Connection data: the Council of State conciliates the implementation of European Union law and the effectiveness of the fight against terrorism and crime
Ruling on appeals lodged by several NGOs and a telecom operator, the Council of State has examined the conformity with EU law of French rules on th...
One year of legal proceedings linked to Covid-19
On 22 March 2020, at the first hearing in relation to Covid-19, a doctors' union asked the Conseil d’État to order tighter lockdown measures. The ...
The Conseil d'État approves the construction of a wind farm in Lanouée forest (Morbihan)
Local residents and environmental and landscape conservation associations have appealed to the Conseil d'État to annul the installation of a wind ...
Conseil d'État requests an advisory opinion from the European Court of Human Rights for the first time
For the first time, the Conseil d'État requested an advisory opinion from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), pursuant to Protocol No. 16 t ...
Art galleries: the urgent applications judge decides not to suspend their closure due to the seriousness of the health situation
The Conseil d'Etat's urgent applications judge ruled that the closure of art galleries to the public, in the same way as most other businesses, wa ...
2021 Baccalaureate: the Conseil d'État orders the introduction of a test for students in public schools that have chosen the "Languages and Cultures of Antiquity" option
With the 2021 baccalaureate approaching, the Civitas association urgently appealed to the Conseil d'Etat to request the introduction of a test in ...
The Conseil d'Etat quashes the possibility of transferring data from the GendNotes application to other files
Several associations asked the Conseil d'État to overturn the decree authorising the use of the "GendNotes" mobile application used by the Gendarm ...
Binational marriages: authorisation to enter France to get married must be granted
Several binational couples and an association have asked the Conseil d'État's urgent applications judge to add marriage to the compelling reasons ...
