It is the latest in a slew of legal actions brought against
"The Amsterdam court must decide whether they can take up the suit brought by our clients and whether Dutch law is competent to rule on Trafigura's responsibility," said lawyer Bojan Dekker.
In August 2006, toxic residues on board the Panamanian-registered Probo Koala freighter were prevented from being offloaded for treatment in Amsterdam's port.
The ship was instead sent to Abidjan, where the waste was dumped on the city's garbage sites and in at least 18 locations.
Over 500 cubic metres (18,000 cubic feet) of spent caustic soda, oil residues and water killed 17 people and poisoned thousands, Ivorian judges said.
But last year a similar suit brought by a foundation which said it represented some 100,000 victims was thrown out, when judges from the Amsterdam District Court said they were unconvinced by the claim.
The judges ruled in November "it could not be established" that the Netherlands-based foundation, calling itself the Stichting Union des Victims de Dechet Toxiques d'Abidjan et Banlieues did in "fact represent the claimants nor how many claimants there are".
Trafigura has always denied any link between the waste and the subsequent deaths and wave of sickness.
In 2007 however it agreed a settlement with the Ivorian government for 152 million euros ($180 million), although only 60 percent of registered victims are estimated to have received compensation.
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