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CMS Gas Transmission Company v. Argentine Republic

ICSID (Arbitration Tribunal).  12 May 2005 ; 01 September 2006 ; 25 September 2007 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Arbitration — Award — Economic crises in Argentina — Expropriation claim — Article IV(1) of Argentina — US Bilateral Investment Treaty, 1991 (“BIT”) — Whether Respondent failing to accord Claimant fair and equitable treatment — Article II(2)(a) of the Argentina — US BIT — Whether Respondent discriminating against Claimant — Umbrella clause — Defence of necessity — Remedies — Respondent requesting continued stay of enforcement of Award — Respondent applying for annulment of Award

Expropriation — Article IV(1) of the Argentina–US BIT — Interpretation — Indirect and creeping expropriation

Fair and equitable treatment — Article II(2)(a) of the Argentina–US BIT — Customary international law — Interpretation

Discrimination — Arbitrariness — Article II(2)(b) of the Argentina–US BIT — Interpretation — Applicable standards

Treaties — Bilateral Investment Treaty — Article II(2)(c) of the Argentina–US BIT — Umbrella clause — Treaty claims — Standards of protection

State responsibility — Defence of necessity — Customary international law — International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, Article 25 — Essential interest of State — Grave and imminent peril — Alternatives available — Respondent’s contribution to crisis

Treaties — Defence of necessity — Article XI of Argentina–US BIT — Emergency clause — Essential security interest — Whether self-judging

Remedies — International law — Restitution — Compensation — Most applicable remedy — Applicable standard — Valuation method — Interest — Costs

Award — Stay of enforcement — ICSID Convention, Article 52(5) — ICSID Arbitration Rule 54 — Interpretation — Adequate assurances — Respondent applying for annulment of Award

Annulment — Grounds for annulment of Award — Manifest excess of power by arbitral tribunal — ICSID Convention, Article 25 — Argentina–US BIT, Article I(1) — Jurisdiction — Shareholder claiming for its rights in a foreign company independent from the latter’s rights — Definition of investment

Annulment — Grounds for annulment of Award — Manifest excess of power by arbitral tribunal — Failure to state reasons — Argentina–US BIT, Article II(2)(a) — Standard of fair and equitable treatment — Stable legal and business environment

Annulment — Grounds for annulment of Award — Failure to state reasons — Argentina–US BIT, Article II(2)(c) — Umbrella clause — Shareholder’s claim for its rights in a foreign company independent from the latter’s rights — Interpretation

Annulment — Grounds for annulment of Award — Manifest excess of power by arbitral tribunal — Failure to state reasons — Relationship between Article 25 of International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility and Article XI of Argentina–US BIT — Necessity

Annulment — Grounds for annulment of Award — Manifest excess of power by arbitral tribunal — Failure to state reasons — Relationship between Article 27 of International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility and Article XI of Argentina–US BIT — Compensation — Interpretation

Compensation — Standard of compensation — Fair market value — Discounted market value — No expropriation — Failure to state reasons

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© Cambridge University Press 2009

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