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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 and to Articles 31,
44, 45, paragraph 1, 48 and 49 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 23
December 2008, whereby the Federal Republic of Germany instituted
proceedings against the Italian Republic in respect of a dispute originating
in “violations of obligations under international law” allegedly committed
by Italy through its judicial practice “in that it has failed to respect the
jurisdictional immunity which . . . Germany enjoys under international law”;
Whereas on 23 December 2008 a certified copy of the Application was
transmitted to the Italian Republic;
Whereas on 23 December 2008 the Federal Republic of Germany notified the
Court of the appointment of H.E. Mr. Georg Witschel and Mr. Christian
Tomuschat as Agents; and whereas on 23 March 2009 the Italian Republic
notified the Court of the appointment of H.E. Mr. Paolo Pucci di Benisichi
as Agent and Mr. Giacomo Aiello as Co-Agent;
Whereas, at a meeting held by the President of the Court with the Agents of
the Parties on 23 April 2009, the Agent of Germany indicated that, in view
of the time which had already passed since the Application was filed, his
Government was prepared to file its Memorial within two months; and whereas
the Agent of Italy, referring to the complex nature of the issue brought
before the Court, indicated that his Government wished to have a
sufficiently long time at its disposal for the preparation of its
Counter-Memorial and requested a time-limit of 12 months for the filing of
that pleading;
Whereas, in view of the above, the Court considers it appropriate to fix
consecutive identical time-limits of six months from the date of the filing
of the Application for the filing of, respectively, a Memorial by Germany
and a subsequent Counter-Memorial by Italy;
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the written pleadings:
23 June 2009 for the Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany;
23 December 2009 for the Counter-Memorial of the Italian Republic; and
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 twenty-ninth day of April, two thousand and
nine, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the
Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the Federal Republic
of Germany and the Government of the Italian Republic, respectively.
(Signed) Hisashi OWADA,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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