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[p.310]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 37 of
the Rules of Court;
Whereas, by a letter dated 19 June 1962, the Belgian Ambassador to the
Netherlands transmitted to the Registry an Application by the Belgian
Government, dated 14 June 1962, instituting before the Court "new
proceedings in the dispute between the Belgian Government and the Spanish
Government concerning the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company,
Ltd.";
Whereas the Belgian Ambassador to the Netherlands states in his letter that
the Belgian Government has appointed as its Agent to represent it before the
Court in this case M. Yves Devadder, Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign
Affairs and External Trade, and that the Application bears the signature of
M. Devadder;
Whereas, to found the jurisdiction of the Court, the Application relies on
Article 17 of the Treaty of Conciliation, Judicial Settlement and
Arbitration of 19 July 1927 between Belgium and Spain and on Article 37 of
the Statute of the Court; [p311]
Whereas, on 19 June 1962, a copy of the Application was transmitted to the
Spanish Ambassador to the Netherlands;
Whereas, by a letter dated 24 July 1962, the Spanish Ambassador to the
Netherlands informed the Registry that his Government had appointed as Agent
Professor Juan Manuel Castro-Rial;
Having ascertained the views of the Parties,
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the filing of Pleadings:
for the Memorial of the Belgian Government, 31 October 1962;
for the Counter-Memorial of the Spanish Government, 15 March 1963;
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this seventh day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and sixty-two, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Belgian Government
and to the Spanish Government, respectively.
(Signed) B. Winiarski,
President.
(Signed) William Tait,
Acting Registrar. |
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