REQUEST N° 2011-009 Country/Territory Côte d'Ivoire Date May 21, 2014 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name Supreme Court Seat of court Abidjan Reference number No. 2011-009 Language French Subject Legal questions Keyword Timber Social forestry/community forestry Timber extraction/logging Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Logging fee/charge Abstract In this case, the plaintiff is a logging company which challenges a decision taken by the Ministry of Environment which withdraws the forestry exploitation permits of the plaintiff on a specific forest parcel.The plaintiff motivates this challenge of the decision by stating that the decision was arbitrary and illegal. The Supreme Court accepted the appeal and noted that the Ministry had motivated its decision by the fact that the forestry permit could create some social troubles and did not respect the administrative procedure. However, the Court considered that the Ministry of Environment did not show any evidence of public disorders or of any irregularities within the administrative procedure. As a result, the Supreme Court considered the decision of the Ministry to lack motivation and cancelled it. Full text REQUETE N° 2011-009 REP DU 03 FEVRIER 2011.pdf Website www.consetat.ci