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414. Norwegian NRK television documentary programme,
in June 2008. See: nrk.no/programmer/tv/
brennpunkt/1.6104693
415. Verdict 26-052011 Gulatin Court, case number
10-098238 AST-GULA/AVD1. “The cleaning/
desulpherization included cargoes of coker gasoline
of 30 000-40 000 m 3 from the following
ships: - Tanker Highland, reg. no.V7IK9 – Tanker
Tver, reg. No ELTI5,Tanker Actic Blizzard, Reg. No
9HNK8, Tanker Thorm Thyra, reg.no. OUVN2 –
Tanker Puze reg.no V7KY8 –Tanker Afrodite, reg.
No.C6UI7” and “In total around 180 000 m 3
gasoline was delivered, washed and loaded at
the installation.”
416. Documentary programme by NRK (Norwegian
Broadcasting Corporation), Brennpunkt,
“Vest Tank was washing ‘dirty gasoline’”
(Vest Tank vasket skitten bensin), 19 June
2008. See: www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/
brennpunkt/1.6053050
417. Documentary programme by NRK (Norwegian
Broadcasting Corporation), Brennpunkt,
“Vest Tank was washing ‘dirty gasoline’”
(Vest Tank vasket skitten bensin), 19 June
2008: See: www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/
brennpunkt/1.6053050
418. Air samples were then found to contain hydrocarbons
and mercaptans: “mercaptans and
hydrocarbons existed in the tests near Vest
Tank” – Report – Air samples for analysis of
sulphurous compounds and solvents, X-LAB AS,
June 2007, p3.
419. Reuters, “Norway probes Trafigura over fuel
transport”, 2 July 2008, available at uk.reuters.
com/article/2008/07/02/norway-shippingprobe-idUKL0244000420080702
420. Teknisk Ukeblad (Weekly Norwegian magazine),
11 July 2009. See: www.tu.no/natur/article214397.ece,
internal translation, Report on
the health problems in Gulen and Masfjorden
communes after the accident at Vest Tank’s
facilities in Sløvåg, English translation, p9.
421. Reuters, ‘Norway probes Trafigura over fuel
transport’, 2 July 2008, available at uk.reuters.
com/article/2008/07/02/norway-shippingprobe-idUKL0244000420080702
422. a) The Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency
(klif)’s homepage, 31 May 2011.
www.klif.no/no/Aktuelt/Nyheter/2011/Mai/
Vest-Tank-leder-domt-i-lagmannsretten
b) Bergens Tidende (daily Norwegian newspaper)
31 May 2011. See: www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/
Vest-Tank-leder-dmt-til-fengsel-2511577.html
423. NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation),
6 July 2010. See: www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7198583.
424. NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), 6
July 2010: “-Vi har til det fulle demonstrert et
stort hull i vårt lovverk når noen begår kriminalitet
i internasjonalt farvann, og vi ikke får
straffet dem i Norge, sier miljøvernminister Erik
Solheim. Det er en helt uakseptabel situasjon
som vi vil bruke internasjonalt initiativ for å
rette opp i, sier Solheim. Vi skal også se om
det er behov for endringer i norsk lovverk for å
kunne straffe selskapet.” www.nrk.no/nyheter/
norge/1.7199059
425. This information was collected by Greenpeace
Netherlands during evidence given during the
trial in the Dutch criminal proceedings in June
2010 against Trafigura and was based on a map
displayed in the courtroom of the District Court
of Amsterdam.
426. Protocol of agreement (Protocole d’accord)
between the State of Côte d’Ivoire and the Trafigura
Parties, 13 February 2007, Article 4(2).
427. Appeal decision of the Netherlands Court of
Appeal, 23 December 2011
428. CESCR, General Comment 14: The right to the
highest attainable standard of health (article
12), UN Doc E/C.12/2000/4, 11 August 2000,
para 15.
429. CESCR, General Comment 14: The right to the
highest attainable standard of health (article
12), UN Doc E/C.12/2000/4, 11 August 2000,
para 51.
430. CESCR, General Comment 14: The right to the
highest attainable standard of health (article
12), UN Doc E/C.12/2000/4, 11 August 2000,
para 39.
431. Safe and healthy working conditions are a fundamental
aspect of the right to work, Article 7 (b)
provides that: The States Parties to the present
Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the
enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of
work which ensure, in particular: …b) safe and
healthy working conditions.”, International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
432. Basel Convention.
433. Basel Convention.
434. Basel Convention, Article 2.8.
435. Basel Convention, Article 4.4.
436. Loi 88-651 du 7 juillet 1988 portant protection
de la santé publique et de l’environnement contre
les effets des déchets industriels toxiques
et nucléaires et des substances nocives; Loi
n° 96-766 du 3 octobre 1996 portant Code de
l’Environnement; International Commission of
Inquiry on Toxic Waste, 19 February 2007, p69.
437. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, National Commission
of Enquiry on the Toxic Waste in the District
of Abidjan, established under Arrêté No. 2006-
167/PM/CAB, 15 September 2006, Article 2.
See also: Toxic waste website created by the
Ivorian government, www.dechetstoxiques.gouv.
ci/faits1.php (accessed 13 March 2012).
438. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p17-23.
439. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p17.
440. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp58-9.
441. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p59.
442. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p69.
443. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp56-9.
444. Under the decree, the procedure for obtaining
a licence is as follows: a request is sent by the
managing director of Maritime Affairs and Port
Authorities to the Licence Commission for consideration.
If the Commission expresses a favourable
view, the president of the Commission
addresses a letter to the Minister in charge of
marine trading for approval. This approval must
then be given within 15 days. Decret n° 97-615
du 16 octobre 1997, portant règlementation de
l’exercice de la profession d’avitailleur maritime
dans les ports ivoiriens (Decree no.97-615 of
October 1997, which contains the regulatory
scheme for the carrying out of the maritime
chandler trade in the Ivorian ports). Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry
on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15
November 2006, pp17-19.
445. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp17-23.
446. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p21.
447. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p21. Procès Verbal
Dan Pascal, 6 December 2006, Parquet No.
38/2006.
448. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp19-20, p57.
449. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp58-9.
450. Letter No. 00145/DOM/DMDGS/YAP/OG dated
the August 9 2006 in accordance with Article
4 of the Statutes of the Port Autonome. See
Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p22.
451. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p69.
452. Law No. 96-766, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National
Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in
the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p69.
453. Court of Appeal of Abidjan Ruling No. 42, Hearing
of 19 March 2008, p31
454. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p69.
455. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p28.