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The International Court of Justice,
composed as above,
after deliberation,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court, having regard to
Articles 37 and 62 of the Rules of Court,
Makes the following Order:
Having regard to the Order of April 24th, 1956, fixing June 4th, 1956, as
the time-limit for the presentation by the Government of [p74] the French
Republic of a written statement of its observations and submissions in
regard to the Preliminary Objections raised by the Government of the Kingdom
of Norway in the case of certain Norwegian loans, the procedure on the
merits in this case having been suspended upon receipt by the Registrar of
the aforementioned Objections;
Having regard to the Order of May 29th, 1956, by which, at the request of
the Government of the Kingdom of Norway that the oral proceedings on the
Objections should be postponed until the autumn, the Court extended to
August 31st, 1956, the time-limit for the filing by the Government of the
French Republic of its observations and submissions in regard to the
Objections;
Whereas in its observations and submissions, filed on August 31st, 1956, the
Government of the French Republic asked that it might please the Court to
join the Objections to the merits;
Whereas, on September 21st, 1956, the Registrar informed the Agents that the
Court had fixed October 15th, 1956, as the date for the opening of the oral
proceedings on the Objections;
Whereas the Agent of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, by a letter
dated September 21st, 1956, which he handed to the Registrar on September
22nd, stated that his Government, whilst maintaining in their entirety the
Objections which it had raised, did not consider that it should object to
the joinder of these Objections to the merits, as requested by the
Government of the French Republic;
Whereas there is no objection to taking into account this understanding
between the Parties;
The Court
Joins the Objections raised by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway to
the merits in the proceedings instituted by the Application of the
Government of the French Republic, filed with the Registry on July 6th,
1955, in order that it may adjudicate in one and the same judgment upon
these Objections and, if need be, on the merits;
After ascertaining the views of the Parties,
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the further pleadings:
for the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway:
December 20th, 1956;
for the Reply of the Government of the French Republic: February 20th, 1957;
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for the Rejoinder of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway: April 25th,
1957.
Done in French and English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and fifty-six, 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 Kingdom of Norway,
respectively.
(Signed) Green H. Hackworth,
President.
(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy Registrar. |
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