ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP)v Heirs at law of Belid Ben Mohammed El Bouri

Title:
ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP)v Heirs at law of Belid Ben Mohammed El Bouri
Party:
Morocco
Region:
Africa
Type of document:
National - higher court
Date of text:
October 27, 2011
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
Court of Cassation
Seat of court:
Rabat
Abstract:

Emission of fine gases – solid waste – waste of composting– carried through air – environmental harm – estimate its volume – content of the legal expert report.


Estimating the volume of harm and whether it is within familiar limits or not is in the heart of trial courts judges authority who mentioned in their demonstration that the legal expert’s conclusions confirmed the existence of fine gases emissions, solid waste, and waste of fertilizer industry carried through the air and wind, issued by the three ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP) factories. These are the main causes of harm explained by the legal expert, which are basically related to destroying the crops produced by the land lot including grain, figs, and olive. The percentage loss is estimate between 20 and 80%.

Request rejected

Available in:
Court of Cassation’s Decisions on the environment