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ARCHIVE OF HISTORICAL ARBITRATION CASES INVOLVING AFRICAN PARTIES:

1900-2000

Country Arbitration/Conciliation Case

Year of Award

Administering Institution

Applicable Rules/Subject matter

Web link/Print source

1. Algeria Award issued in 1989, Case No. 6281 Egyptian and Yugoslavian parties

1989 ICC* ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable law; international sale.

Sigvard Jarvin, Yves Derains, Jean-Jacques Arnaldez Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1986-1990 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. II (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.394 See also Clout Case 102 at: http://www.uncitral.org/clout/clout/data/oth/clout_case_102_leg-1305.html or https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/V95/604/92/IMG/V9560492.pdf?OpenElement

Award of May 30, 1979, Cases Nos. 3099 and 3100 Algerian/ African state enterprise

1979 ICC 1975 ICC Conciliation and Arbitration Rules Applicable law; force majeure; moratory

Sigvard Jarvin & Yves Derains Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1974-1985 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI Vol. I (Kluwer

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http://www.uncitral.org/clout/clout/data/oth/clout_case_102_leg-1305.html



https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/V95/604/92/IMG/V9560492.pdf?OpenElement





Year of Award




interests; compensation for damages and interest; equity as compared to amiable composition, depreciation of the US dollar, cost of arbitration.

Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.67

Final award in Case No. 5622 of 1988 Broker/Contractor

1988 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Traffic in influence; simulated contract; tacit ratification of contract; insufficient evidence of bribery; violation of mandatory law; violation of Swiss (international) public policy; payment under null and void contract.

Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains, Dominique Hascher Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1991-1995 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. III (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1997) p.220

2. Burkina Faso

Société d'Investigation de Recherche et d'Exploitation Minière v. Burkina Faso (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/1)

2000 ICSID** ICSID Arbitration Rules (1984-2002) Gold mining operation

https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/cases/casedetail.aspx?CaseNo=ARB/97/1

3. Burundi Antoine Goetz and others v. Republic of Burundi (ICSID Case No. ARB/95/3)

1999 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1984-2002) Mining enterprise


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4. Cameroon Klöckner Industrie-Anlagen GmbH and others v. United Republic of Cameroon and Société Camerounaise des Engrais (ICSID Case No. ARB/81/2) (Decision on original and annulment proceedings)

1983, 1985, 1988, 1990

ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Construction and operation of a fertilizer factory


5. Republic of Congo

AGIP S.p.A. v. People's Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/77/1)

1979 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Oil products distribution venture


S.A.R.L. Benvenuti & Bonfant v. People's Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/77/2)

1980 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Manufacture of plastic bottles


Société Kufpec (Congo) Limited v. Republic of Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/2)

1997 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Petroleum exploration and exploitation agreement


6. Democratic

Banro American Resources, Inc. and Société Aurifère du Kivu et du

2000 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Gold mining concessions


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Year of Award




Republic of Congo

Maniema S.A.R.L. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/7) American Manufacturing & Trading, Inc. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/93/1)

2000 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Manufacturing and trading enterprise


7. Egypt Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company v. Arab Republic of Egypt and General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (ICSID Case No. ARB/89/1)

1993 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Bank branch operation


Southern Pacific Properties (Middle East) Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/84/3)

1993 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Tourism development project


Radio Orient States of Levant under French Mandate/ Egypt

1940 PCA*** Rules not specified Territorial jurisdiction; transport and

P. Hamilton, H.C. Requena, L. van Scheltinga, B. Shifman (eds)The Permanent Court of Arbitration: International Arbitration and

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communication; jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal.

Dispute Resolution- Summaries of Awards, Settlement Agreements and Reports (Kluwer Law International 1999) p.149 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2192435?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Award of February 16, 1983, Case No. 3493 Southern Pacific Properties (SPP) (Middle East) Ltd., first claimant, Hong Kong, second claimant / Arab Republic of Egypt, first defendant, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels (“EGOTH”), second defendant

1983 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Jurisdiction of the tribunal; applicable law; international law; immunity; calculation of damages.


Interim award of 5 march 1984 in Case No. 3879

1984

ICC

ICC Arbitration Rules Multi-party arbitration; competence of arbitrator;

Sigvard Jarvin, Yves Derains, Jean-Jacques Arnaldez Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1986-1990 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2192435?seq=1%23page_scan_tab_contents




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Westland Helicopters Ltd. (U.K.)/ Arab Organization for Industrialization, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, Arab Republic of Egypt, and Arab British Helicopters Company (Egypt)

supranational organization; arbitration clause binding on founding States; liability of founding States; stay of proceedings; appointment of arbitrators.

la CCI, Vol. II (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.11

Interim award of 16 July 1986 in Case No. 5029 French contractor/ Egyptian employer

1986 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable law; international contract; reference to the ICC in arbitration clause; legal nature of joint venture; power of attorney of lawyer; capacity of party to commence arbitration; Clause 67 FIDIC and time bar.

Sigvard Jarvin, Yves Derains, Jean-Jacques Arnaldez Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1986-1990 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. II (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.69

Final award in Case No. 5294 of 22 February 1988 Danish firm/Egyptian firm

1988 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Determination of place of arbitration; public policy; contents of arbitration

Sigvard Jarvin, Yves Derains, Jean-Jacques Arnaldez Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1986-1990 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de

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clause; art 502 (3) Egyptian CCP; concurrent court proceedings; delay in execution of works; termination of contract; damages (calculation); completion of works by employer himself; amendment of claim; interest rate.

la CCI, Vol. II (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.180

Final award in Case No. 6281 of 1989 Egyptian company (buyer)/Yugoslav company (seller)

1989 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable law to contract; frustration of contract; purchase in replacement; calculation of interest.


Final award in Case No. 6162 of 1990 French consultant/ Egyptian Local Authority

1990 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Administrative contract; law applicable to arbitrability of subject matter and validity of arbitration agreement; arbitrators not named in arbitration agreement (art.


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502(3) Egyptian CCP), legal rate of interest on commercial administrative contract; 1961 European Convention; 1965 Washington Convention.

Egypt v Israel (TABA Award)

1988 Ad hoc Demarcation of state boundaries between Egypt and Israel

http://legal.un.org/riaa/cases/vol_XX/1-118.pdf

Award in Case No. 9246 of 8 March 1996 Austrian Agent/ Egyptian Principal

1996 Paris Chamber of Arbitration

Arbitration Rules of the Paris Chamber of Arbitration “Special mandate” to conclude arbitration agreement under Egyptian law; ambiguous reference to arbitral institution; applicable law to substance; public policy; annulment of contract between principal and buyer does not affect agency commission.

Albert Jan Van Den Berg (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, Vol. XXII (Kluwer Law International 1997) p.28

8. Eritrea Eritrea/Yemen- Maritime Delimitation

1998 and 1999

PCA PCA Optional Rules for Arbitrating Disputes between Two States (1992)

Belinda Macmahon and Fedelma Clare Smith Permanent Court of Arbitration Summaries of Awards

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Year of Award




Arbitration Pursuant to an Agreement to Arbitrate dated 3 October 1996 between the Government of the State of Eritrea and the Government of the Republic of Yemen

Sovereignty and maritime delimitation; state succession; territories and boundaries; delimitation; jurisdiction; law of the sea.

1999-2009 (T.M.C. Asser Press 2010) p.196 See also: https://pcacases.com/web/view/81

9. Ethiopia Award made in Case No. 1598 in 1971 Danish claimant/ Bulgarian and Ethiopian respondents

1971 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Choice of applicable law by the parties.

Sigvard Jarvin & Yves Derains Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1974-1985 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. I (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.19

10. Gabon Société d'Etudes de Travaux et de Gestion SETIMEG S.A. v. Republic of Gabon (ICSID Case No. ARB/87/1)

1993 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Restructuring of an administrative and residential complex


11. Ghana Vacuum Salt Products Ltd. v. Republic of Ghana (ICSID Case No. ARB/92/1)

1994 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1984-2002) Salt mining operation


Award of February 17, 1984, Case No. 4237

1984 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules

Sigvard Jarvin & Yves Derains Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards

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Year of Award




Syrian State trading organization, buyer (Claimants and counter-defendants)/Ghanaian state enterprise, seller (Defendants and counter-claimants)

Applicable law; admissibility of claimants general conditions; breach of contract; damages (price difference, lost profit, bank charges); delay penalty; performance guarantee; costs of arbitration.

1974-1985 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. I (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.167

Awards of 27 October 1989 and 30 June 1990 Antoine Biloune and Marine Drive Complex Ltd. v. Ghana Investments Centre and the Government of Ghana

1989 Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Prerequisite of effort at amicable settlement; jurisdiction; addition of respondent to arbitral agreement; validity of agreement; constructive expropriation of assets by government; reconsideration of award; evidential weight of contemporaneous books and records; calculation of foreign currency investment; historical investment value as basis

Albert Jan Van Den Berg (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, Vol. XIX (Kluwer Law International 1994) p.11

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Year of Award




for calculating damages; currency of award; compensation of arbitrators at ICSID rate.

12. Guinea Maritime International Nominees Establishment v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/84/4)

1990 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Bauxite transportation joint venture


Atlantic Triton Company Limited v. People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/84/1)

1986 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Contract for the conversion, equipping and operation of fishing vessels.


Guinea v. Guinea – Bissau Maritime Delimitation Case

1985 Ad hoc The delimitation of the maritime zones including territorial waters, exclusive economic zones and continental shelf.

(1985) 77 International Law Reports 635 http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=mjil

13. Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal 1989 Ad hoc The delimitation of maritime boundary between Guinea- Bissau and Senegal, whether effected

(1992) 83 International Law Reports 1

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http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=mjil




Year of Award




by an agreement evidenced by an exchange of letters in 1960.

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=6231

14. Ivory Coast

Compagnie Française pour le Développement des Fibres Textiles v. Côte d'Ivoire (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/8)

2000 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Textile industry enterprise


15. Liberia Liberian Eastern Timber Corporation v. Republic of Liberia (ICSID Case No. ARB/83/2)

1986 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Forestry concession


Final award in Case No. 6829 of 1992 Panamanian shipping company/Liberian shipping company

1992 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Stay of arbitration proceedings; jurisdiction over closely related contract; unilateral termination of contract; breach of contract; deduction of third party tax liability; refusal to renegotiate compensation; termination of contract due


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Year of Award




to termination of related contract; compensation for loss of future profits.

16. Libya Award made in Cases No. 2977, 2978 and 3033 in 1978 A B Gotaverken (Swedish)/ General National Maritime Transport Company (GMTC), as legal successor of Libyan General Maritime Transport Organization (GMTO) (Libyan)

1978 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable law; boycott of Israel clause; refusal to take delivery; approval of award by ICC Court of Arbitration.


Partial award of 20 January 1983 in Case No. 3790 French contractor/Libyan employer

1983 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable law; doctrine of frustration and rebus sic stantibus; force majeure.

Sigvard Jarvin, Yves Derains, Jean-Jacques Arnaldez Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1986-1990 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol II. (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1994) p.3

First award on force majeure and Final award in Case No. 4462 of 1985 and 1987

1985/ 1987

ICC

ICC Arbitration Rules Force majeure; repudiation of contract; termination of

Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains, Dominique Hascher Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards 1991-1995 / Recueil des Sentences

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Year of Award




National Oil Corporation (Libya)/Libyan Sun Oil Company (US)

contract; art 19 ICC Rules; liquidated damages; mitigation of damages.

Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. III (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1997) p.3

Award on the merits of October 10, 1973 British Petroleum Company (Libya) Ltd., wholly owned by the British Petroleum Company Ltd. (U.K.) / The Government of the Libyan Arab Republic

1973 Ad hoc Danish Arbitration Act of 1972 State as party; nationalization; jurisdiction of the arbitrator; law governing arbitration; default of a party; applicable conflict rules for determining law governing substance; nature of concession agreement; law applicable to concession agreement; general principles of law; breach of contract; restitutio in integrum.

Pieter Sanders (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, Vol. V (Kluwer Law International 1980) p.143

Award on the re-opening of August 1, 1974 British Petroleum Company (Libya) Ltd.,

1974 Ad hoc Danish Arbitration Act of 1972

Pieter Sanders (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, Vol. V (Kluwer Law International 1980) p.158

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Year of Award




wholly owned by the British Petroleum Company Ltd. (U.K.) / The Government of the Libyan Arab Republic.

Reconsideration of the Award of October 10, 1973 on the merits.

Award of January 19, 1977 Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company (U.S.); California Asiatic Oil Company(U.S.)/ Government of the Libyan Arab Republic

1977 Ad hoc Rules not specified Competence- competence of arbitrator; separability of arbitral clause; amicable settlement condition precedent to arbitration; identity party (state); law applicable to concession agreement; state as party; breach of international contract; administrative contract; sovereignty; nationalization; Resolutions U.N. on sovereignty on natural resources; restitutio in integrum.

Pieter Sanders (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, Vol. IV (Kluwer Law International 1979) p.177

Award of April 12, 1977 Libyan American Oil Company (LIAMCO) (USA)

1977 Ad hoc Draft Convention on Arbitral Procedure elaborated by the International Law

Pieter Sanders (ed) International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Yearbook Commercial

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v. Government of the Libyan Arab Republic

Commission of the United Nations in 1958. Nationalization; jurisdiction of arbitrator; choice of law clause; nature of concession deeds; breach of contract; restitutio in integrum (rejected); compensation for damages; general principles of equity applied; interests.

Arbitration, Vol. VI (Kluwer Law International 1981) p.89

17. Madagascar

SEDITEX Engineering Beratungsgesellschaft für die Textilindustrie m.b.H. v. Democratic Republic of Madagascar (ICSID Case No. CONC/82/1)

1983 ICSID ICSID Conciliation Rules Textile enterprise

https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/cases/casedetail.aspx?CaseNo=

CONC/82/1

SEDITEX Engineering Beratungsgesellschaft für dieTextilindustrie m.b.H. v. Madagascar (ICSID Case No. CONC/94/1)

1996 ICSID ICSID Conciliation Rules Textile enterprise

https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/cases/casedetail.aspx?CaseNo=conc/94/1

18. Morocco Holiday Inns S.A. and others v. Morocco (ICSID Case No. ARB/72/1)

1979 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984)


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Joint venture to build and operate hotels

Final award in Case No. 5649 of 1987 French bank (Claimant) /Moroccan company (Defendant and counter-claimant)

1987 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Performance bond; caution (surety); guarantee; technical expertise.


19. Mozambique

Preliminary award in Case No. 5505 of 1987 Buyer from Mozambique/ Seller from the Netherlands

1987 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable conflict of law rules; law applicable to substance, procedure, arbitration clause; validity of choice of law.


20. Nigeria Guadalupe Gas Products Corporation v. Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/78/1)

1980 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Production and marketing of liquefied natural gas


Technosystems SpA v. Taraba State and Federal Government of Nigeria

1996 PCA PCA Optional Rules for Arbitrating Disputes between Two Parties of Which Only One is a State (1993)

P. Hamilton, H.C. Requena, L. van Scheltinga, B. Shifman (eds)The Permanent Court of Arbitration: International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution- Summaries of

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Year of Award




Technosystems SpA (Claimant)/ Taraba State Government, Nigeria (Respondent 1) and Federal Government of Nigeria (Respondent 2)

Sources of international norms; illegality, performance and privity of contract; applicable law; jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal; interpretation of arbitration agreement; scope of arbitration agreement.

Awards, Settlement Agreements and Reports (Kluwer Law International 1999) p.176

21. Senegal Société Ouest Africaine des Bétons Industriels v. Republic of Senegal (ICSID Case No. ARB/82/1)

1988 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules (1968-1984) Construction of low-income housing units


22. South Africa

Final award in Case No. 5460 of 1987 Austrian franchisor/South African franchisee

1987 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Applicable conflict rules; proof of foreign law; law applicable to the substance; period of limitation and applicable law.


23. Sudan Sudan v. Turriff Construction Company

1970 PCA Rules not specified Treatment of aliens and respect for property;

P. Hamilton, H.C. Requena, L. van Scheltinga, B. Shifman (eds)The Permanent Court of Arbitration: International Arbitration and

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Sudan/Turriff Construction (Sudan) Limited

validity and repudiation of contracts; counterclaims; withdrawal of party from arbitration; measure of damages.

Dispute Resolution- Summaries of Awards, Settlement Agreements and Reports (Kluwer Law International 1999) p.164

24. Tunisia Ghaith R. Pharaon v. Republic of Tunisia (ICSID Case No. ARB/86/1)

1988 ICSID ICSID Arbitration Rules Tourism and holiday resort projects


25. Uganda Award Made in Case No. 1677 in 1975 Unidentified claimant/Ugandan respondent

1975 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Choice of state law by the parties; clause of amiable composition.


26. Unidentified African State/ Party

Final award in Case No. 5650 of 1989 US Contractor/ African state employer

1989 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules Art 8(5) ICC Rules; interim measures and agreement to arbitrate; unfair behavior of party to agreement; court proceedings in violation of arbitration agreement.


Final award in Case No. 6233 of 1992

1992 ICC ICC Arbitration Rules

Jean-Jacques Arnaldez, Yves Derains, Dominique Hascher Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards

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Owner of company registered in Lebanon /African State

Arbitrability of tax disputes; interpretation of award; composition of arbitral tribunal; res judicata effect of award.

1991-1995 / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI, Vol. III (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers 1997) p.332


Award 7 July 1985, Case No. 1/1984 European company/Minister for Agriculture of an African state

1985 CRCICA**** UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Breach of contract; request for damages.

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.3 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20198 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 4 June 1990, Case No. 12/1989

1990 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial

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http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20198



http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards







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An international company/An African agricultural bank

Unlawful termination of contract; request for damages; mitigation of loss; public policy; arbitrability of administrative contracts

Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.7 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20204 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 30 July 1990, Case No. 13/1989 A North American Company represented by a local agent/ An African Agricultural Bank

1990 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules International sale of goods; failure to open documentary credit; request for damages.

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.13 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20210

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Award of 31 December 1989 Case No. 14/1989 A European Company/ An African Government Authority

1989 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Administrative contract of supply; whether delay amounted to breach of contract; lack of necessity for performance guarantee extension; did an award of damages attract interest and if so, from when?


31. Unidentified African

Award of 13 April 1991, Case No. 19/1990 (parties



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State/ Party

cited again in case 37/1997 infra) An Asian company/An African Agricultural bank

International C & F contract; definition of discharge of performance; interest on damages and its calculation.



Award of 22 April 1992, Case No. 20/1990 An Asian Company/An African Authority

1992 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Sale of goods; whether contract is an administrative contract.


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Award of 21 December 1995, Case No. 24/1995 An African government body/A European poultry company

1995 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Non-compliance of contract; whether interim measures affect jurisdiction over substance.



Award of 30 June 1993, Case No. 32/1992

1993 CRCICA Rules not specified

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for

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State/ Party

An international company/An African holding company

Whether reimbursement of performance bond unlawful; good faith requirement in contract.

International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.51 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20242 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of June 1993, Case No. 34/1992 An international company/ An African holding company

1993 CRCICA Rules not specified Sale of goods; breach of contract; application of articles 147 and 148 of the Egyptian Civil Code.


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Award of 30 June 1993, Case No. 35/1992 An international company/An African company

1993 CRCICA Rules not specified Sale of goods; breach of contract; application of Articles 147 and 148 of the Egyptian Civil Code.



Award of 3 October 1995, Case No. 50/1994

1995 CRCICA Rules not specified Breach of contract


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State/ Party

An American company with a commercial agent in an African State/An African authority



Award of 6 August 1995, Case No. 25/1991 A European company/ An African government authority

1995 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Non-compliance of contract; penalty; contract of adhesion; administrative contract.


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Award of 3 May 1993, Case No. 37/1992 An Asian company/An African agricultural bank

1993 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules International C & F sale; mala fide intention; damages requested by party with mala fide interest.



Award of 17 July 1995, Case No. 52/1994

1995 CRCICA

Rules not specified


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State/ Party

Two African companies/An African government body

Administrative contract; force majeure; general executional events; sovereign decisions; advance payment; multiparty disputes.



Final award of 30 April 1998, Case No. 102/1997 A European oil company (buyer)/An African oil authority (seller)

1998 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Specifications of oil argued non-complying

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.3 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31872

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Final award of 14 December 1998, Case No. 105/1997 An African company and an Asian individual/ A European individual

1998 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Facultative arbitration and mandatory arbitration, which should prevail? If mandatory arbitration, what would be the fate of the arbitration agreement providing for ad hoc arbitration?

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.11 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31873 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31873


Award of 7 March 1999, Case No. 115/1998 A maritime African Company/An African Authority of Industrial Metallic Projects

1999 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Sale of cranes, one destroyed by force majeure; damages; sales tax

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.15 See also:

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http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31874 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/book-toc.aspx?book=TOC_Alam_Eldin_2003_V02


Final award of 6 August 1998, Case No. 116/1998 An African rice company/ An Australian export guarantee company

1998 CRCICA Rules not specified Does export guarantee cover fraudulent acts?

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.19 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31875 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/book-toc.aspx?book=TOC_Alam_Eldin_2003_V02

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Final award of 3 July 1999, Case No. 119/1998 A North American aviation company/An African Aviation training authority

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Fines in administrative contracts; cases etrangere exempting from fines.



Partial award of 23 June 2000 Case No. 120/1998 An African furniture company(seller)/An Asian company (buyer)

2000 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Lack of jurisdiction, applicable law, alter ego doctrine


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Final award of 12 April 2000, Case No. 138/2000 An African pharmaceutical company/ A North American software company

2000 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Software linked to certain objectives; vendor’s obligation to warrant goods.



Final award of 8 June 2000, Case No. 151/2000

2000 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Supply through documentary credits;


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A European export company/ An African industrial company and a committee of Sulphur and pyrites (Sulphur Board)

dilatory means practiced by the Claimant; may an entity not enjoying juridical personality be a party to arbitration?

Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.41 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31879 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/book-toc.aspx?book=TOC_Alam_Eldin_2003_V02


Final award of 3 August 2000 Case No. 154/2000 Two African printing companies/An African printing authority

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Administrative contract for providing printing paper

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.45 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31880 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/book-

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toc.aspx?book=TOC_Alam_Eldin_2003_V02


Award of 25 March 1996, Case No. 51/1994 A construction company/Minister of Housing in an African state

1996

CRCICA Rules not specified Contract of enterprise; claim for incompetence and inadmissibility; challenge to presiding arbitrator; suit for stay of arbitral proceedings.



Award of 29 August 1996, Case No. 66/1995 An European construction company/An African

1996 CRCICA Rules not specified Unilateral amendment of administrative contract; mistake of contract; good

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.87

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Year of Award




government body, specialized in Antiquities

faith; public interest (policy)



Award of 14 April 1996, Case No. 69/1995 Ad hoc A contractor/A tourism company

1996 CRCICA Rules not specified Construction contract; mutual breach of contract; damages requested by both parties.



Award of 15 December 1995, Case No. 40/1992



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Year of Award




An African company/ A European company

Breach of contract; contributory negligence diminishing entitlement of damages.



Award of 28 July 1994, Case No. 29/1992 An international corporation/An African authority

1994 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Renunciation of arbitration clause; arbitrarity of dispute.


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Year of Award






Award of 17 February 1996, Case No. 49/1994 An African company/A European company

1996 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Non-completion of plant in the final phase; extension of letter of guarantee.



Final award of 25 August 1999, Case No. 129/1999 ad hoc

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Works of water pipe-line


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Year of Award




State/ Party

An African establishment of export, import enterprises and commercial agencies/ An African housing and construction company



Final award of 14 December 2000, Case No. 173/2000 ad hoc An African consulting company/ Union of public sector construction companies

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified How may a juridical person acquire legal personality?


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Year of Award






Award of 13 April 1996, Case No. 70/1995 ad hoc A firm of engineering consultants/An African agricultural bank

1996 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Right to compensation; force majeure and exception events.



Award of 14 July 1996, Case No. 77/1996 An African government agency/ An African construction company

1996 CRCICA Rules not specified Implications of a construction contract; effect of administrative order

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.121

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Year of Award




from Claimant to Respondent.

See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20329 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 31 December 1996, Case No. 78/1996 An African construction company/An African co-operative association

1996 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Implications of a construction contract; a breach of contract by both parties.

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.129 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20334 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+Internation

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Year of Award




al+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Partial award of 12 July 1999 Case No. 111/1998 An African industry company and construction (sub- contractor)/ An African trade and enterprises company

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Plea of non-existence of arbitration organization



Final award of 29 September 1999, Case No. 111/1998 An African construction company/ An African trading company and enterprises

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Modifications in construction liability for delay; exceptional damage.


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Year of Award






Final award of 18 June 2000 Case No. 124/1999 ad hoc An African construction development company/An African hotel and resort company

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Claims and counterclaims resulting from a contract of construction


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Year of Award





Final award 28 October 2000, Case No. 161/2000 An African investment company/ An African tourism company

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Construction of tourism units



Final award of 29 January 2000, Case No. 142/1999 ad hoc An African enterprises company/ The Ministry of Defence of an African state

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Administrative contract of construction


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Year of Award






Final award of 31 October 1998, Case No. 99/1998 ad hoc An African tourism company/ A European construction company

1998 CRCICA

Rules not specified Where the arbitration clause embedded in a contract provides for arbitration in all disputes between parties (and did not, say, result from this contract specifically)



Final Award of 31 January 2000, Case No. 133/1999

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Measurement of works


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Year of Award




An African construction company/ A real estate investment company



Award of 31 October 1995, Case No. 1/1994 An African maritime company/Two maritime companies from Central America and a Gulf State respectively, but both registered in the Gulf State

1995 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Law applicable to the proceedings and substance; validity of arrest of vessel as precautionary measure; waiver of arbitration clause; multiparty issues related to the number of arbitrators

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.135 See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20342 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?juri

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Year of Award




sdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 25 July 1995, Case No. 2/1994 An African company/ A North American transport company

1995 CRCICA Rules not specified Plea of incompetence; non-existence of arbitration agreement; breach of contract.



Final award of 30 June 1999, Case No. 3/1997 maritime

1999 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Amendment and repair of a ship

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration II (Kluwer Law International 2003) p.211

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Year of Award




An African maritime company in bankruptcy/An African maritime company

See also: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31906 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn31906


Award of 8 June 1993 Case No. 21/1990 A European company/ An African public sector company

1993 CRCICA Rules not specified Determination of appropriate rates of exchange


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Year of Award





Award of 15 November 1995, Case No. 43/1995 A European company/ An African tourist company; an African national, in his own capacity and as natural guardian of minors; an African lady

1995 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Joint venture; breach of construction contract; vitiated intention; multiparty arbitration



Award of 24 September 1996, Case No. 64/1995 An African tourism company/ Another African tourism company

1996 CRCICA Rules not specified Interpretation of contract

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.175 See also:

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Year of Award




http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20376 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 3 July 1995, Case No. 53/1994 A European company/ An African company

1995 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Force majeure; exceptional and unpredictable events; dissolution of contract


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Final award of 2 July 2000, Case No. 147/1999 An African tourism company/ A multi-national tourism company and a third African tourism company

2000 CRCICA

Egyptian Arbitration Act No. 27.1994 Allocation for hotel renewal claimed by each of the three parties (See also award 28 of September 1998, case no. 106/ 1998)



Award of 2 August 1988, Case No. 6/1985 An African company/A European company

1988 CRCICA Rules not specified Commission in commercial agency

M. E. I. Alam Eldin (ed) Awards of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration I (Kluwer Law International 2000) p.189 See also:

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Year of Award




http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/document.aspx?id=ipn20392 http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/organization.aspx?jurisdiction=Egypt&organization=Cairo+Regional+Center+For+International+Commercial+Arbitration&text-type=Awards


Award of 15 May 1993, Case No. 27/1992 A European company/An African public sector company

1993 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Commercial agency; unlawfully deducted commission.


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Award of 29 April 1999, Case No. 118/1998 An African building and construction company/ The Ministry of Defence of an African state

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Obstacles in building a wave barrier in a beach



Final award of 30 September 1998, Case No. 108/1998 ad hoc An African consulting engineer/ An African tourism company

1998 CRCICA Rules not specified Fees on consulting engineering


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Year of Award






Final award of 19 April 2000, Case No. 134/1999 An African enterprises and commercial agencies/ Three African affiliated companies selling cars

2000 CRCICA Egyptian Arbitration Act No. 27.1994 Distribution of foreign cars by a contract of sole distributorship; interim measures.


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Year of Award





Final award of 17 March 1999, Case No. 117/1998 An African tourism regional authority/ An African tourism company

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Failure in realization of a world festival



Final award dated 22 November 2000, Cases No. 139/ 1999 & 152/2000 A North American international hotel company/An African tourism and hotel company

2000 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules and Egyptian Arbitration Act No. 27.1994 Management contract


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Year of Award






Final award of 19 December 2000, Case No. 155/2000 An African advertising company/ An African industry federation

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Organizing a tourism festival



Award of 4 April 2000, Case No. 145/1999

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified


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Year of Award




An African maritime navigation company/The Ministry of Defence of an African State

Maritime transport-typing error resulting in doubling obligations of one party



Award of 29 September 1998, Case No. 112 ad hoc An industrial and agricultural investments company established by a Convention between two Arab States to do business in the territory of one of them/ The Minister of Economy and Finance in the host State

1998 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Investment incentives


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Year of Award






Final award of 11 March 1999, Case No. 101/1997 An African company/ One of two European companies (one bought certain assets of the other)

1999 CRCICA UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Failure to define Respondent; termination of procedure.



Award of 28 September 1998, Case No. 106/1998 An African tourism and hotels company/ An African tourism and hotels holding company

1998 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Purchase of a five star hotel; reserve of replacement and renovation disputed.


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Year of Award






Final award of 31 March 2000, Case No. 135/1999 A European oil company doing business in an African state/ An African group managing leased stations for petroleum services

2000 CRCICA Rules not specified Contract of lease of petroleum service station and a coffee shop; agreement upon automatic dissolution in case of breach.


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Year of Award





Final award of 29 April 1998, Case No. 98/1997 An African tourism company/ The general authority for tourism development

1998 CRCICA CRCICA Arbitration Rules Simulation of price



Award of 11 March 1999, Case No. 109/1998 An African software company/ Two software companies; one North American and the other European

1999 CRCICA Rules not specified Contract providing for arbitration and litigation


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Year of Award






Final award of 25 September 2000, Case No. 110/1998 An African trading company/ An African export-import company

2000 CRCICA Egyptian Arbitration Act No. 27.1994 Acknowledgement of right should be pure and express



Final award of 29 November 1997-ad hoc arbitration Case No. 96/1997

1997 CRCICA Rules not specified Insurance policy; limits of the powers of the Arbitral


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Year of Award




An African (beneficiary of an insurance policy)/ An African insurance company and a defaulting debtor

Tribunal defined by the arbitration clause; whether beneficiary can resort to arbitration; contra proferentum.


* ICC means Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce

** ICSID means International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

*** PCA means Permanent Court of Arbitration

**** CRCICA - Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration

Number of Cases/Awards by Institutions

S/No Institution Number of Cases/Awards 1. Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration 66

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2. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes 22 3. Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce 21 4. Ad-hoc Tribunal 8 5. Permanent Court of Arbitration 4 6. Paris Chamber of Arbitration 1

This schedule comprises 122 cases/awards inclusive of multiple case entries for some countries.

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