Question juridique clé
Whether the respondent's gravel-extraction servitude includes the right to deposit fill material and use the land for transport of fill for restoration works.
Solution extraite
Yes. The servitude covers not only extraction but also the contractual and public-law-based restoration of the excavated area, which implies depositing fill and using the burdened land for that purpose.
Motifs extraits
The term 'gravel exploitation right' is broad enough to encompass economic use of the deposit. The original deed and later addenda, especially the 1988 agreement referring to reclamation according to official requirements, show that extraction was coupled with progressive backfilling, humus covering, and greening. Because the respondent must restore the site as required by public-law permits, it must also be entitled to enter the land and deposit fill to perform that duty.