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Emilio Agustín Maffezini v. The Kingdom of Spain

ICSID (Arbitration Tribunal).  28 October 1999 ; 25 January 2000 ; 13 November 2000 ; 31 January 2000 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Competence of arbitration tribunal — Failure to exhaust domestic remedies — Article 26 of the icsid Convention — Consent to icsid conditioned on prior exhaustion of domestic remedies

Jurisdiction — Competence of arbitration tribunal — Failure to exhaust domestic remedies — Whether constituting waiver or forfeiture of right to submit dispute to international arbitration — More favourable provision applied due to most-favoured-nation clause

Treaties — Most-favoured-nation (mfn) clause — Failure to exhaust domestic remedies — Reference to other bilateral investment treaties — Ejusdem generismfn applies with respect to dispute settlement arrangements — Public policy limitations of application of third treaty

Jurisdiction — Standing — Article 25 of the icsid Convention — Shareholder of corporation — Personal investment as foreign investor

Jurisdiction — Competence of arbitration tribunal — Parties to the dispute — Whether private corporation is a State entity — Structural definition of ownership and control — Functional definition of performing activities of a public nature

Jurisdiction — Competence of arbitration tribunal — Time of the dispute — Critical date — Natural sequence of events that led to a dispute

Provisional measures — Application requesting Claimant to post guarantee for costs

State responsibility — Attribution of responsibility for acts and omissions of public agency — Functions of public agency assessed by structural and financial tests — Mixed governmental and commercial nature of agency’s functions — Public agency governed by private law but exercising public functions governed by public law — Functions of public nature entail responsibility — Agency not discharging public function in providing advice and financial information — Decision to increase investment cannot be considered a commercial activity

Municipal law — Loan authorization given on assumption of prior contract — No legally binding contract concluded under Spanish law — No legal obligation with regard to loan — Disinvestment negotiations did not lead to conclusion of contract

Municipal law — Statute of limitations under Spanish law on claims for compensatory damages against State not applicable to claims filed under icsid Convention

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© Cambridge University Press 2002

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