Date filed
1 October 2003
Keywords
Countries of harm
Current status
Rejected
Sector
NCP

Allegations

In 2002, the United Nations Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) issued a report which included an annex listing companies which, in their view, had violated the Guidelines in the DRC.

In October 2003, the UN Expert Panel issued another report listing a Belgian transportation company, which was affiliated to a French multinational enterprise, as not having responded to the Panel’s requests for information and referred it to the French NCP to follow up the alleged violations.

Relevant OECD Guidelines

Outcome

The French NCP consulted with the Belgian NCP who had concluded the specific instance that the UN Panel of Experts had raised with their NCP in 2006 due to lack of evidence. The French NCP concluded the specific instance in 2006 on that grounds that there was not sufficient evidence to support the Panel’s allegations about the activities of the company based in Belgium.

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Documents

  • reject
    1 October 2006

    The French NCP consulted with the Belgian NCP who had concluded the specific instance that the UN Panel of Experts had raised with their NCP in 2006 due to lack of evidence. The French NCP concluded the specific instance in 2006 on that grounds that there was not sufficient evidence to support the Panel's allegations about the activities of the company based in Belgium.

    NCP France