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Eni International B.V., Eni Oil Holdings B.V. and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/41)

Case no.
ARB/20/41
Applicable rules
ICSID Arbitration Rules
  1. 7 March 2023Arbitration

    7 March 2023Arbitration

    Procedural Order No. 4 - Decision on Petition under ICSID Arbitration Rule 37(2)

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal granted ReCommon, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, and Corner House Research non-disputing party status and permitted them to file a joint factual written submission, subject to directions on scope, documents, timing, confidentiality, and party observations. It granted limited access to the parties' consolidated factual-exhibit indices, ordered publication of this Procedural Order, and denied all other remaining requests for relief.

    Supporting details

    14 authorities · 12 participants
    Eni International B.V.
    Eni Oil Holdings B.V.
    Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited
    Federal Republic of Nigeria
    ReCommon
    Human and Environmental Development Agenda
    Corner House Research
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Tribunal secretary
    Aissatou Diop
    Tribunal secretary
    Ankita Godbole

    Authorities cited

    14
    • Apotex Inc. v The Government of the United States of America, Procedural Order No. 2 on the Participation of a Non-Disputing Party, 11 October 2011
      case law
    • Aguas Provinciales de Santa Fe S.A., Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and InterAguas Servicios Integrales del Agua S.A. v Argentine Republic, Order in Response to a Petition for Participation as Amicus Curiae (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17, Order in Response to a Petition for Participation as Amicus Curiae, 17 March 2006)
      case law
    • Resolute Forest Products Inc. v Government of Canada, Procedural Order No. 6 on the Participation of Prof. Robert Howse and Mr. Barry Appleton as Amici Curiae (PCA Case No. 2016-13, Procedural Order No. 6, 29 June 2017)
      case law
    • Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v The United Mexican States, Procedural Order No. 6: Decision on the Application for Leave to File a Non-Disputing Party Submission (Amicus Curiae) (ICSID Case No. UNCT/20/1, Procedural Order No. 6, 20 December 2021)
      case law
    • World Duty Free Company Limited v Republic of Kenya, Award (ICSID Case No. ARB/00/7, Award, 4 October 2006)
      case law
    • Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli and others v Republic of South Africa, Letter from the Secretary of the Tribunal to the Petitioners (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/07/01, Letter from the Secretary of the Tribunal to the Petitioners, 5 October 2009)
      case law
    • Infinito Gold Ltd. v Costa Rica, Procedural Order No. 2 (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/5, Procedural Order No. 2, 1 June 2016)
      case law
    • Bear Creek Mining Corporation v Republic of Peru, Procedural Order No. 6 (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/21, Procedural Order No. 6, 21 July 2016)
      case law
    • Apotex Holdings Inc. and Apotex Inc. v United States, Procedural Order on the Participation of Mr. Barry Appleton as a Non-Disputing Party (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/1, Procedural Order on the Participation of Mr. Barry Appleton as a Non-Disputing Party, 4 March 2013)
      case law
    • Apotex Holdings Inc. and Apotex Inc. v United States, Procedural Order on the Participation of BNM as a Non-Disputing Party (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/1, Procedural Order on the Participation of BNM as a Non-Disputing Party, 4 March 2013)
      case law
    • Methanex Corporation v United States of America, Decision of the Tribunal on Petitions from Third Persons to Intervene as Amici Curiae (UNCITRAL, Decision of the Tribunal on Petitions from Third Persons to Intervene as Amici Curiae, 15 January 2001)
      case law
    • Amicus Curiae Participation in Investment Arbitration (G. Born and S. Forrest, Amicus Curiae Participation in Investment Arbitration, 34(3) ICSID Review 626 (2019))
      academic
    • Written and Oral Procedures (L. Sobota and G. Verhoosel, Written and Oral Procedures, in The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules (2019))
      academic
    • Amici Curiae in Investor-State Arbitration: Eight Recent Trends (L. Bastin, Amici Curiae in Investor-State Arbitration: Eight Recent Trends, 30 Arbitration International 125 (2014))
      academic

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