ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP) v Sekouat Abderrahim Country/Territory Morocco Type of court National - higher court Date Sep 25, 2014 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name Court of Cassation Seat of court Rabat Language English Abstract Dumping chemical waste – causal relation – responsibility based onharm related to the nature of the facility’s activity.The court ruling the appealed judgment have found in the legal expert’s examination she ordered that the defendant’s factories emit smoke and dumps chemical waste and that this waste caused harm to the plaintiff. that confirms the existence of causal relation between the ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP)’s activity and the harm suffered. As a result, it attributed responsibility to the ROYAL OFFICE OF PHOSPHATES (OCP) based on the risks related to the nature of the facility is managing, and based on the causal relation between this facility’s activity and the harm caused to the plaintiff. Consequently, the court’s decision is legally founded.Request rejected Available in Court of Cassation’s Decisions on the environment