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| Ministry of Defense /Aircraft Carrier CLEMENCEAU |
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Ministère des Finances
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| Attorneys in Winston & Strawn''s Paris office represented the French Ministry of Defense in connection with the removal of the famed French aircraft carrier CLEMENCEAU from French waters to India for dismantling. Since April 2005, four environmental organizations, including Greenpeace and Ban Asbestos, have launched multiple legal actions before every conceivable French tribunal to oppose the departure of the ship for dismantling. The organizations argued that under the Basel Convention, the CLEMENCEAU is considered a hazardous waste because it contains asbestos and therefore should be denied export to India. The firm represented the Ministry of Defense in all these legal actions and has won all six of the litigation matters brought before the Paris Civil and Appeal Courts and the Paris Administrative Court. Nevertheless, the environmental organizations filed and won an appeal before the Administrative Supreme Court against the decision of the Paris Administrative Court. The Winston team did not handle the appeal before the Supreme Court. |
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