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International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): Joy Mining Machinery Limited V. Arab Republic of Egypt*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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17 I.F.I. Shihata and A. Parra, The Experience of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, 14 ICSID Rev.— FILJ 299 (1999) at 308 and note 27.

18 Christoph H. Schreuer, The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (2001), at 140.

19 For the Egyptian foreign investment legislation, authorization and incentives see generally www.gafinet.org.

20 The offer of a variety of Longwall mining equipment by Joy can be seen at www.joy.com/products/longwall.html.

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27 Alex Genin and others v. Republic of Estonia (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/2), Award of June 25, 2001, available at http:// www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/genin.pdf.

28 Compańa de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3), Award of November 21, 2000, 16 ICSID Rev.—FILJ 641 (2001).

29 Wena Hotels Ltd. v. Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/4), Decision on Application for Annulment rendered on February 5, 2002, 41 ILM 933 (2002).

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34 CMS Gas Transmission Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8), Decision on Jurisdiction of July 17, 2003, 42 ILM 788 (2003), para. 80; Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12), Decision on Jurisdiction of December 8, 2003, para. 89, International Law in Brief (Dec. 2003), available at http://www.asil.org/ilib/azurix.pdf.

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36 SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Republic of the Philippines (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/6), Decision of the Tribunal on Objections to Jurisdiction of January 29, 2004, available at http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/SGSvPhil-final.pdf, para. 163.

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41 .Id. para.101.

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