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endnotes
503. Internal Trafigura email dated 27 December
2005 (rec# 5914, Yao Essaie Motto & Others v
Trafigura Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the
High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division,
Claim No. HQ06X03370).
504. Evidence Overview for Trafigura Beheer BV, N.
Ahmed, S Chertov, pp36-8. Facts: Section 174
of the Dutch Penal Code and Section 225 of the
Dutch Penal Code.
505. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala,
30 November 2006.
506. Article 10.37 of the Environmental Management
Act van 13 juni 1979, houdende regelen met
betrekking tot een aantal algemene onderwerpen
op het gebied van de milieuhygiëne : “Het
is verboden zich door afgifte aan een ander van
bedrijfsafvalstoffen of gevaarlijke afvalstoffen te
ontdoen.”
507. Dutch Environmental Management Act, available
at: docs1.eia.nl/cms/Environmental%20Management%20Act%20[May%202004].pdf.
under
section 10.37, para 2, the Act list certain exceptions
to the prohibition on transfer of industrial
or hazardous waste. This issue is addressed
in the Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala,
30 November 2006, p26.
508. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”), p26.
509. Amnesty International English translation of
verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National
Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of
Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para
5.23-26.
510. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur
on the adverse effects of the movement
and dumping of toxic and dangerous products
and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights,
Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session,
Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/
Add.2, 3 September 2009, para 44, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf (accessed
May 2012)
511. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”)
512. Basel Convention, Article 1.4.
513. International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the
Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL).
514. Annex II, MARPOL 73/78.
515. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues.
516. A similar requirement is also contained in the
Dutch 1983 Act on the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships. Wet van 14 december 1983, houdende
regelen ter voorkoming van verontreiniging
door schepen
517. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues, Article 7.
518. Email from Falcon Navigation to BMA dated 3
July 2006 (rec# 4696 in application notice for
claim No. HQ06X03370 and others for the High
Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division).
519. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala,
30 November 2006, pp 34 and 42.
520. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues, Article 7(2).
521. Amnesty International English translation of verdict
on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.14.
522. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues, Article 10.
523. Directive 2001/106/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 19 December 2001
amending Council Directive 95/21/EC concerning
the enforcement, in respect of shipping
using Community ports and sailing in the waters
under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of
international standards for ship safety, pollution
prevention and shipboard living and working
conditions (port State control). The fact that the
Probo Koala was 20 years old should also have
been a consideration in the decision to carry out
an enhanced inspection. Under Annex V, article
2, “bulk carriers older than 12 years of age, as
determined on the basis of the date of construction
indicated in the ship’s safety certificates”
are subject to expanded inspection.
524. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues, Article 11(2).
525. Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 November 2000
on port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste and cargo residues, Article 6.
526. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”), p34.
527. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”), p24
528. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, General Comment 14 on the right to
health, para 39.
529. In September 2011, a group of experts in
international law gathered in Maastricht, under
the auspices of the International Commission of
Jurists and Maastricht University, to discuss the
extent and the scope of obligations under the
ICESCR, and they adopted the Maastricht Principles
on Extraterritorial Obligations of States
in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights. The principles are available at www.
maastrichtuniversity.nl/humanrights.
530. Principle 13, the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial
Obligations of States in the area of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, available
at www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/humanrights.
531. Repliek Mr L.W. Boogert Mr R.S. Mackor (held
by prosecutor in court 1 July 2010). English
translation, p3.
532. Amnesty International English translation of
verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National
Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of
Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para
8.3.3.4:
533. Police officer Y. de Boer, interviewed by Greenpeace
in Amsterdam on 26 April 2012.
534. Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1
February 1993 on the supervision and control of
shipments of waste within, into and out of the
European Community, Article 26(2).
535. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur
on the adverse effects of the movement
and dumping of toxic and dangerous products
and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights,
Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session,
Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/
Add.2, 3 September 2009, para 43, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf
536. Section 10.37 of the Enviromental Management
Act. Amnesty International English translation of
verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.24.
537. Amnesty International English translation of verdict
on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.26.
538. Internal Trafigura memorandum dated 23 September
2006 para 10, p4.
539. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala,
30 November 2006, pp 29, 31, 51.
540. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala,
30 November 2006.
541. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”), p29.
542. The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the
investigation into the state of affairs around the
arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala
(“The Hulshof Report”), p62.