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[p .107]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court,
having regard to Article 69 of the Rules of Court;
Having regard to the Application, filed in the Registry of the Court on
August 14th, 1953, by which the Government of the French Republic instituted
proceedings against the Government of the Republic of. Lebanon concerning
certain concessions for the exploitation of public services in Lebanon,
granted by the latter Government to the "Électricité de Beyrouth" Company,
Having regard to the Order of October 20th, 1953, whereby the Court fixed
January 18th, 1954, as the time-limit for the filing of the Memorial of the
Government of the French Republic and April 28th, 1954, as the time-limit
for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the Republic of
Lebanon and reserved the rest of the procedure for further decision,
Having regard to the Memorial filed by the Government of the French Republic
within the time-limit so fixed,
Having regard to the Order of April 8th, 1954, whereby the President of the
International Court of Justice, at the request of the Agent of the
Government of Lebanon, extended to July 28th, 1954, the time-limit
previously fixed for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Government of
the Republic of Lebanon, [p 108]
Whereas by a letter dated July 13th, 1954, and received in the Registry of
the Court on July 17th, 1954, the Agent of the Lebanese Government informed
the Registrat that ��the presentation of this pleading, as well as the
continuation of the proceedings, is now devoid of object, having regard to
the settlement of the dispute by the Parties, which has been ratified by the
Lebanese Parliament on June 30th, 1954", and that "It was, moreover, agreed
between the Lebanese and French Governments that, as soon as the settlement
was made, the French Government would discontinue the proceedings which it
had instituted against the Lebanese Government before the International
Court of Justice",
Whereas by a letter dated July 20th, 1954, the Registrar transmitted a
certified true copy of the afore-mentioned letter to the Agent of the French
Government,
Whereas by a letter dated July 23rd, 1954, and received in the Registry of
the Court on July 26th, 1954, the Agent of the Government of the French
Republic, "in view of the ratification of the Agreement of March 26th,
1954", requested the Registrar, "in accordance with the provisions of
Article 69, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court, and in pursuance of an
exchange of letters between the President of the Republic of Lebanon and the
French Ambassador at Beirut .... to be good enough to inform the Court that
the Government of the French Republic is not going on with the proceedings
and requests that its case be removed from the Court's List",
Whereas in these circumstances it is not necessary to fix the time-limit
provided for in Article 69, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court;
Places on record the discontinuance by the French Government of the
proceedings instituted by the Application of August 14th, 1953;
Orders that the case shall be removed from the List.
Done in French and English, the French text being authoritative, this
twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, in three
copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the
others transmitted to the Government of the French Republic and to the
Government of the Republic of Lebanon, respectively.
(Signed) Arnold D. McNair,
President.
(Signed) J. Lopez Olivax,
Registrar. |
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