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Perenco v. Ecuador

Type of decisionDecision on Jurisdiction
Date of decision30 June 2011
Tribunal
Peter Tomka (President)
Christopher Thomas
Neil Kaplan
Legal instrumentBIT between Ecuador and France (1994)
Related decision(s)Decision on Challenge to Arbitrator, 8 December 2009
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An Article 25(2)(b) ICSID Convention-Clause in an IIT does not dictate the meaning of the IIT's nationality definition
An Article 25(2)(b) ICSID Convention-Clause in an IIT does not dictate the meaning of the IIT's nationality definition
An agent or representative is not an independent party to a contract unless it can be proven that he or she acted independently from any instruction, on its own initiative and for its own benefit
What remedies are available in case of a treaty breach is a question of the merits, not the jurisdictional phase
A party bears the burden of proof in establishing the facts that he or she asserts
If a contract limits the consent to arbitration to disputes involving technical and/or economical matters, this is not incompatible with Article 25 ICSID Convention's requirement of a legal dispute
Article 25(2)(b) ICSID Convention provides a means for extending ICSID jurisdiction

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