The Municipality of Gilze en Rijen in North Brabant will appeal against a decision of the Ground Chamber. The municipality had included a ban on glyphosate in the lease for municipal land. The Ground Chamber has quashed this demand.
The Ground Chamber tests and assesses lease agreements in the Netherlands. This also applies to the municipal leases of Gilze and Rijen. The leased land of the municipality is intended for the construction of houses or businesses in the future. As long as there are no concrete building plans, the land will be leased to farmers.
No glyphosate requirements
In the lease agreements for 2020, the municipality has included that farmers are not allowed to use the herbicide glyphosate. The Ground Chamber has decided to quash this demand. The decision states that: "The ban on the use of glyphosate restricts the tenant's freedom of exploitation too much." The municipality of Gilze en Rijen does not agree with this and will appeal.
Striking detail: At the same time, Staatsbosbeheer decided to also impose a glyphosate ban on 40.000 hectares of leased land. Carola Schouten, Minister of LNV, announced this in a Letter to Parliament.
Can ambition last?
Staatsbosbeheer tries to reduce the use to 2 within 0 years. The new leases to be drawn up include the requirement that the use of glyphosate is in principle prohibited. Current contracts - in which the drug may still be used - will be phased out. The question now is whether this requirement can stand, bearing in mind the decision of the Ground Chamber.
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