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Pan American Energy LLC and BP Argentina Exploration Company v. Argentine Republic

ICSID (Arbitration Tribunal).  27 July 2006 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Dispute arising directly out of an investment — ICSID Convention, Article 25(1) — Relationship between State’s “general” measures and investment — Whether host State’s “general” measures fall within Article 25(1) of the ICSID Convention — Whether “general” measures affect investment directly if not specifically aimed at investment

Jurisdiction — Contract claims as opposed to treaty claims — Legal nature of dispute — ICSID Convention, Article 25(1) — Whether ICSID tribunal has jurisdiction over breach of contractual obligations — Effect of umbrella clause

Jurisdiction — Taxation matters, limitation on jurisdiction — Whether claimant must demonstrate prima facie only that claims relate to taxation matters

Jurisdiction — Forum selection — Submission to local jurisdiction — “Fork-in-the-road” clause — Estoppel — Whether claimant estopped from bringing claim before ICSID tribunal if proceedings initiated in host State’s courts

Jurisdiction — Damages, demonstration of at jurisdictional phase — Whether dispute “merely hypothetical” if no damages shown

Jurisdiction — Standing — Whether jus standi addressed at jurisdiction or merits phase

Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction ratione temporis — Investments made before and after entry into force of BIT

Jurisdiction — Claimant’s identity and ownership, determination of — Whether evidence to determine identity and ownership sufficient

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© Cambridge University Press 2016

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