GRANDS LACS SUPPLIER S.A.R.L. & OTHERS v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI
| Case Number | REFERENCE NO. 6 OF 2016 |
| Summary | This is a Reference filed on 28th September 2016 by Grands Lacs Supplier S.A.R.L and Others (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicants”), under Articles 3(e), 5(3)(d), 6(d), 7(1 )(a)(c), 8(1 )(a) &(c), 8(5), 27(1), 29, 30, 38, 71, 75, 76 and 105 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (hereinafter referred to as “the Treaty”); Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Common Market; Article 39 of the Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Customs Union, and Rules 1(2) and 24 of the East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”). The AppHcant is a trading company duly incorporated in the Republic of Uganda. The company is also registered to do business in the Republic of Rwanda. The Applicant’s address of service for purposes of this Reference is
care of Messrs. Ochich T.L.O. & Associates Advocates, Postbank House, 4th Floor Right Wing, Banda Street of Market Lane, P.O. Box 79367-0020 Nairobi. Email: ochicht@gmail.com; Telephone: +254722687291/+254721 335162.
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| Respondent | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE OF BURUNDI |
| Complainant | GRANDS LACS SUPPLIER S.A.R.L. & OTHERS |
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| Countries | Burundi |
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First Instance Judgment
| Verdict | The Court:
(a)Declares that the decision to seize the Applicants' goods taken by the Respondent through its organs/agents, including Mr. Ndayiragije Boniface, Advisor to the Minister of Human 'Rights, Social Affairs and Gender breaches Articles 6(d) and 7(2) of the Treaty.
(b)Orders the Respondent to pay an amount of American dollar twenty thousand (US20,OOO) to the Applicants and
interest rate of 6% per annum of this amount from the date of this judgment until full payment is made.
(c)Makes no order as regards special damages claimed by the Applicants
(d)Orders the Respondent to pay the costs of the Reference to the Applicants.
It is so ordered. |
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| Date delivered | June 19, 2018 |
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Appeal Judgment
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