Overview
- Stichting Frisse Wind.nu served a writ on December 19 and filed the collective claim in the District Court of North Holland in Haarlem under the WAMCA regime.
- The foundation says it acts for residents near Velsen-Noord, alleging harmful emissions caused environmental damage, heightened health risks, and depressed local property values.
- Tata Steel says the allegations are unsubstantiated, reports it has not received the exhibits supporting the claim, and plans to challenge both admissibility and the merits.
- Proceedings will run in two phases—admissibility then merits—with each typically taking two to three years, making any discussion of compensation unlikely in the near term.
- The action is funded by Redbreast Associates NV and Omni Bridgeway SA, follows Dutch regulatory scrutiny in 2024 and a 2022 prosecutors’ probe, and coincides with TSN’s emissions-reduction plans including a project of up to €6.5 billion.