Argentina

Latin Arbitration Law Country Profile

Arbitration Law

Law No. 22.434 - National Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure [1] - March 16, 1981 [2]

International Conventions

International Convention	Signed	Entered into force
New York Convention	26 Aug. 1958	12 June 1989 [3]
Panama Convention	15 Mar. 1991	5 Jan. 1995 [4]
Montevideo Convention	1 Dec. 1983	1 Dec. 1983 [5]
ICSID Convention	21 May 1991	18 Nov. 1994 [6]

Investment Protection Treaties

Bilateral Investment Treaties [7] [8]	Signed	Entered into force	Dispute Resolution Fora
Algeria (Sp.)	4 Oct. 2000	28 Jan. 2002	Ad hoc arbitration
Armenia (Eng.) (Sp.)	16 Apr. 1993	20 Dec. 1994	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Australia (Eng., Sp.)	23 Aug. 1995	11 Jan. 1997	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL Other arbitration institutions Ad hoc arbitration
Austria (Ger., Sp.)	7 Aug. 1992	1 Jan. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Belgium and Luxembourg (Sp.)	28 Jun. 1990	20 May 1994 [5]	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Bolivia (Sp.)	17 Mar. 1994	1 May 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Bulgaria (Eng.) (Sp.)	21 Sep. 1993	11 Mar. 1997	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Canada (Eng.) (Fr.) (Sp.)	5 Nov. 1991	29 Apr. 1993	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules Ad hoc arbitration UNCITRAL
Chile (Sp.)	2 Aug. 1991	1 Jan. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
China (Eng.) (Sp.)	5 Nov. 1992	1 Aug. 1994	Local courts Ad hoc arbitration
Costa Rica (Sp.)	21 May 1997	1 May 2001	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Croatia (Sp.)	2 Dec. 1994	1 Jun. 1996	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Cuba (Sp.)	30 Nov. 1995	1 Jun. 1997	Local courts Ad-hoc arbitration
Czech Republic (Sp.)	27 Sep. 1996	23 Jul. 1998	ICSID UNCITRAL
Denmark (Sp.)	6 Nov. 1992	2 Feb. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Dominican Republic (Sp.)	16 Mar. 2001	Not in force	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Ecuador (Sp.)	18 Feb. 1994	1 Dec. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Egypt (Sp.)	11 May 1992	3 Dec. 1993	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
El Salvador (Sp.)	9 May 1996	8 Jan. 1999	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Finland (Eng.)	5 Nov. 1993	3 May 1996	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
France (Fr.)	3 Jul. 1991	3 Mar. 1993	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Germany (Sp.)	9 Apr. 1991	8 Nov. 1993	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Greece (Eng.) (Sp.)	26 Oct. 1999	Not in force	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Guatemala (Sp.)	21 Apr. 1998	7 Dec. 2002	Local courts ICSID
Hungary (Sp.)	5 Feb. 1993	1 Oct. 1997	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
India (Sp.)	20 Aug. 1999	12 Aug. 2002	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Indonesia (Sp.)	7 Nov. 1995	1 Mar. 2001 [9]	Local courts ICSID Ad hoc arbitration
Israel (Sp.)	23 Jul. 1995	10 Apr. 1997	Local courts ICSID Ad hoc arbitration
Italy (It.) (Sp.)	22 May 1990	14 Oct. 1993	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Jamaica (Eng.) (Sp.)	8 Feb. 1994	1 Dec. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Korea, Republic of (Eng.) (Sp.)	17 May 1994	24 Sep. 1996	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL Other Ad hoc arbitration
Lithuania (Sp.)	14 Mar. 1996	1 Sep. 1998	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Malaysia (Sp.)	6 Sep. 1994	20 Mar. 1996	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Mexico (Sp.)	13 Nov. 1996	22 Jun. 1998	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Morocco (Sp.)	13 Jun. 1996	19 Feb. 2000 [10]	Local courts ICSID
Netherlands (Eng.) (Sp.)	20 Oct. 1992	1 Oct. 1994	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
New Zealand (Eng.) (Sp.)	27 Aug. 1999	Not in force	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Nicaragua (Sp.)	10 Aug. 1998	1 Feb. 2001	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Panama (Sp.)	15 Sep. 2004	15 Sep. 2004	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Peru (Sp.)	10 Nov. 1994	24 Oct. 1996	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Philippines (Eng.) (Sp.)	20 Sep. 1999	1 Jan. 2002	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Poland (Sp.)	31 Jul. 1991	1 Sep. 1992	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Portugal (Por.) (Sp.)	6 Oct. 1994	3 May 1996	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Romania (Eng.)(Sp.)	29 Jul. 1993	1 May 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Russian Federation (Sp.)	25 Jun. 1998	20 Nov. 2000	Local courts UNCITRAL ICC
Senegal (Sp.)	6 Apr. 1993	1 Feb. 2010	Ad hoc arbitration
South Africa (Sp.)	23 Jul. 1998	1 Jan. 2001	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Spain (Sp.)	3 Oct. 1991	28 Sep. 1992	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Sweden (Eng.) (Sp.)	22 Nov. 1991	28 Sep. 1992	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Switzerland (Fr.)(Sp.)	12 Apr. 1991	6 Nov. 1992	Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL
Thailand (Eng.)(Sp.)	18 Feb. 2000	7 Mar. 2002	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Tunisia (Sp.)	17 Jun. 1992	23 Jan. 1995 [11]	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Turkey (Sp.)	8 May 1992	1 May 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Ukraine (Sp.)	9 Aug. 1995	6 May 1997	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
United Kingdom (Eng.) (Sp.)	11 Dec. 1990	19 Feb. 1993	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL Ad hoc arbitration
United States (Eng.)(Sp.)	14 Nov. 1991	20 Oct. 1994	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL Other arbitration institutions agreed by parties Ad hoc arbitration
Venezuela (Sp.)	16 Nov. 1993	1 Jul. 1995	Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL
Vietnam (Sp.)	3 Jun. 1996	1 Jun. 1997	Local courts UNCITRAL
Total	57	55

Free Trade Associations	Signed	Entered into force
Total		0

Other Multilateral Associations	Signed	Entered into force
MERCOSUR (Customs Union)	26 Mar. 1991
MERCOSUR - Chile (Economic Complementation Agreement No. 35, signed by Argentina as part of MERCOSUR) (Sp.)	25 June 1996	1 Oct. 1996
MERCOSUR - Bolivia (Economic Complementation Agreement No. 36, signed by Argentina as part of MERCOSUR) (Sp.)	17 Dec. 1996	28 Feb. 1997
MERCOSUR - Israel	18 Dec. 2007	24 Mar. 2010
Total		4

Certain Arbitration Cases

ICSID Cases [7]	Decision, Awards and Date [8]
Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3)	Pending Award (Eng.), (Sp.) (Original arbitration proceeding annulled) 21 Nov. 2000 Decision to Challenge President (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Oct. 2001 Decision on Annulment (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Jul. 2002 Decision of the ad hoc Committee on the Request for Supplementation and Rectification of its Decision Concerning Annulment of the Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 28 May 2003 Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Second arbitration proceeding pending) 14 Nov. 2005
Lanco International Inc. v. Argentina (ICSID Case No ARB 97/6)	Concluded Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) 8 Dec. 1998 Proceeding discontinued at Claimant's request 17 Oct. 2000
Houston Industries Energy, Inc and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/1)	Concluded Award 24 Aug. 2001
Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. 99/1)	Concluded Proceeding discontinued at Claimant's request 21 July 1999
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/4)	Proceeding discontinued at Claimant's request 8 Feb. 2001
Enron Corporation and Ponderosa Assets, L.P. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/3)	Pending Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 14 Jan. 2004 Decision on Jurisdiction (Ancillary Claim) (Eng.) (Sp.) 2 Aug. 2004 Award (Eng.) 22 May 2007 Decision on Claimant's Request for Rectification and/or Supplementary Decision of the Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 25 Oct. 2007 Decision on Request for Continued Stay of Enforcement (Eng.) (Sp.) 7 Oct. 2008 Decision on the Claimant's Second Request to Lift Provisional Stay of Enforcement of the Award (Eng.) 20 May 2009
CMS v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8)	Concluded Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 17 July 2003 Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 12 May 2005 Decision on Argentine Republic's Request for a Continued Stay of Enforcement of Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 1 Sept. 2006 Decision of the ad hoc Committee on the Application for Annulment of the Argentine Republic (Eng.) (Sp.) 25 Sept. 2007
Azurix v. Argentine Republic, (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12)	Concluded Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 8 Dec. 2003 Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 14 July 2006 Decision on the Continued Stay of Enforcement of the Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 28 Dec. 2007 Decision on the Application for Annulment (Eng.) (Sp.) 1 Sep. 2009
LG&E Energy Corp., LG&E Capital Corp. and LG&E International Inc. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/1)	Pending Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 30 Apr. 2004 Decision on Liability (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Oct. 2006 Award (Eng) (Sp.) 25 July 2007 Annulment Proceeding suspended on parties agreement 12 June 2009
Siemens A.G. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/8)	Concluded Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Aug. 2004 Award (Eng.) 6 Feb. 2007 Separate opinion of Prof. Janeiro (Eng.) 30 Jan. 2007 Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request 9 Sep. 2009
Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/16)	Concluded Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 11 May 2005 Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 28 Sep. 2007 Partial Dissenting Opinion (Eng.) (Sp.) 28 Sep. 2007 Decision on the Argentine Republic's Request for a Continued Stay of Enforcement of the Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 5 Mar. 2009 Decision on Sempra Energy International's Request for the Termination of the Stay of Enforcement of the Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 7 Aug. 2009 Ad hoc Committee declares annulment proceeding closed 7 May 2010
AES Corporation v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/17)	Pending Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) 26 Apr. 2005 Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties
Camuzzi International S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/2)	Pending Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) (Pending) 11 May 2005 Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties
Metalpar S.A. and Buen Aire S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/5)	Concluded Decision on Jurisdiction (Sp.) 27 Apr. 2006 Award (Sp.) (Eng.) 6 Jun. 2008
Camuzzi International S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/7)	Concluded Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction (Sp.) 10 Jun. 2005 Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request 25 Jan. 2007
Continental Casualty Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/9)	Pending Award on Jurisdiction (Eng.) 22 Feb. 2006 Award (Eng.) 23 Feb. 2009 Decision on Preliminary Objection to Application for Annulment (Eng.) 23 Oct. 2009 Decision on Stay for the Enforcement of the Award (Eng.) 23 Oct. 2009
Gas Natural SDG, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/10)	Pending Decision of the Tribunal on Preliminary Questions on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) (Pending) 17 Jun. 2005
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Pioneer Natural Resources (Argentina) S.A. and Pioneer Natural Resources (Tierra del Fuego) S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/12)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request 23 Jun. 2005
Pan American Energy LLC and BP Argentina Exploration Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/13)	Concluded Decision on Preliminary Objections (Eng.) (Sp.) (Pending) 27 Jul. 2006 Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request 20 Aug. 2008
El Paso Energy International Co. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/15)	Pending Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) (Pending) 27 Apr. 2006
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17)	Pending Order in response to a Petition for Participation as Amicus Curiae (Eng.) (Sp.) 17 Mar. 2006 Procedural Order No. 1 Concerning the Discontinuance of Proceedings with Respect to Aguas Provinciales de Santa Fe S.A. (Eng.) (Sp.) 14 Apr. 2006 Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 16 May 2006 Decision on the proposal for the disqualification of a Member of the Arbitral Tribunal (Eng.) (Sp.) 22 Oct. 2007
Aguas Cordobesas S.A., Suez, and Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/18)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request. 24 Jan. 2007
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19)	Pending Order in response to a Petition for Transparency and Participation as Amicus Curiae (Eng.) (Sp.) 19 May 2005 Procedural Order No. 1 concerning the discontinuance of proceedings with respect to Aguas Argentinas S.A. of Apr. 14, 2006 (Eng.) (Sp.) 14 Apr. 2006 Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Aug. 2006 Procedural Order No. 2 (Eng.) (Sp.) 3 Aug. 2006 Order in Response to a Petition by Five Non-Governmental Organizations for Permission to make an Amicus Curiae submission (Eng.) (Sp.) 12 Feb. 2007 Decision on the Proposal for the Disqualification of a member of the Arbitral Tribunal (Eng.) (Sp.) 22 Oct. 2007
Telefónica S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/20)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request. 24 Sep. 2009
Enersis S.A. and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/21)	Pending Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties.
Electricidad Argentina S.A. and EDF International S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/22)	Pending Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties.
EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and Léon Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23)	Pending
Unisys Corporation v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/27)	Pending Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties.
Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/30)	Pending Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties.
Total S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/1)	Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) (Pending) 25 Aug. 2006
SAUR International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/4)	Proceedings suspended at the request of the Parties on 4 Apr. 2007. Pending
BP American Production Co and Others v. Argentine Republic (Case No/04/8)	Concluded Decision on Preliminary Objections (Eng.) (Sp.) 27 Jul. 2006 Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request. 20 Aug. 2008
CIT Group Inc. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/9)	Concluded The proceeding was discontinued pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 44 12 May 2009
Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/14)	Concluded Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 8 Dec. 2008
Mobil Exploration and Development Inc. Suc. Argentina and Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/16)	Pending
France Telecom S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/18)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at the request of the Claimants. 30 Mar. 2006
RGA Reinsurance Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/20)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at the request of the Claimants. 14 Sep. 2006
DaimlerChrysler Services AG v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/1)	Pending
Compañía General de Electricidad S.A. and CGE Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/2)	Concluded Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at the request of the Claimants. 28 Jul. 2009
TSA Spectrum de Argentina, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/5)	Concluded Award (Eng.) (Sp.) 19 Dec. 2008
Asset Recovery Trust S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/11)	Pending
Giovanna A. Beccara and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5)	Pending
Giovanni Alemanni and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/8)	Pending
Impregilo S.p.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/17)	Pending
Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Biskaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26)	Pending
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/31)	Pending
Giordano Alpi and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/9)	Pending
Impregilo S.p.A v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/14)	Pending
Teinver S.A., Transportes de Cercanías S.A. and Autobuses Urbanos del Sur S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/1)	Pending
Total	49

Certain Other Int'l Arb. Cases	Decision, Awards and Date [14]
National Grid plc v. Argentine Republic UNCITRAL (2003)	Decision on Jurisdiction (Eng.) 20 June 2006 Award 3 Nov. 2008
Anglian Water Group (AWG) Ltd v. Argentine Republic UNCITRAL (2003)		Decision on Jurisdiction 3 Aug. 2006 Decision on the Proposal for the Disqualification of a Member of an Arbitral Tribunal 22 Oct. 2007 Decision on a Second Proposal for the Disqualification of a Member of the Arbitral Tribunal 12 May 2008
British Gas Group v. Argentine Republic UNCITRAL (2003)	Award 24 Dec. 2007
		Scotiabank BNS v. Argentine Republic UNCITRAL (2003)	Pending
		Total	4

Key Court Decisions	Tribunal	Date [15]
Color S.A. (Argentina) v. Max Factor Sucursal Argentina (Argentina)	Argentine Supreme Court	17 Nov. 1994
Decathlon España S.A. (Argentina) v. Luis Bertone (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber D)	10 Feb. 2005
Darmex S.A. (Argentina) v. Application Software S.A. (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber B)	4 Mar. 2005
Regueiro, Jorge L. (Argentina) v. Nordelta Constructora S.A. (Argentina)	Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals of San Isidro	4 Mar. 2005
Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A.	Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals of Formosa	10 Mar. 2005
Bear Service S.A. (Argentina) v. Cerveceria Modelo S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)	Federal Supreme Court	5 April 2005
Entidad Binacional Yacyreta (Argentina - Paraguay) v. Eriday UTE	Federal 1st Instance Court of Administrative Matters No. 1	18 Apr. 2005
Patron Costas, Marcelo D. et al (Argentina) v. International Outdoor Advertising Holdings Co. et al	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber E)	19 Apr. 2005
Teyma Abengoa S.A. (Argentina) v. Provincia de Salta (Argentina)	Federal Supreme Court	14 June 2005
Furman, Gustavo (Argentina) v. AZFY Desarrollos Immobiliarios (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber C)	17 June 2005
CRI Holding Inc., Sucursal Argentina (Argentina) v. Compañia Argentina de Comodoro Rivadavia Exp. De Pet. S.A. (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber C)	19 Aug. 2005
Searle Ltd. v. Roemmers S.A.I.C.F. (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber D)	22 Sept. 2005
Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nacion (Argentina) v. Rao Uruguay Cooperativa de Seguros Ltda. (Argentina)	Federal Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber E)	21 Nov. 2005
Sade Skanska S.A. (Argentina) v. Arla Food Ingredients S.A. (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber A)	15 Dec. 2005
Daniel Porcelli (Argentina) v. ABN AMRO Asset Management Arg. SG (Argentina)	National Commercial Court of Appeals (Chamber B)	16 Dec. 2005
Constructora Iberoamericana S.A. (Argentina) v. Sociedad de Inversiones Inmobiliarias S.A. et al.(Argentina)	Federal Commercial Court of Appeals (Room A)	14 Feb. 2006
Cacchione, Ricardo C. (Argentina) v. Urbaser Argentina S.A. (Argentina)	Federal Supreme Court	24 June 2006
Estado Nacional and Procuración del Tesoro (Argentina) v. Tribunal Arbitral (Argentina)	National Contentious-Administrative Court of Appeals, Second Chamber	18 July 2006
Total	18

Cases/Parties Per Year

	AAA/ICDR [16]	ICC [17]	ICSID [18]
			Registered	Concluded
2000	N/A	12	0	1
2001	N/A	16	3	2
2002	N/A	30	4	0
2003	N/A	33	17	0
2004	N/A	30	8	0
2005	N/A	9	4	1
2006	N/A	13	0	2
2007	N/A	16	5	3
2008	N/A	17	2	5
2009	N/A	N/A	1	6

Arbitral Institutions

Argentine Chamber of Commerce (Cámara Argentina de Comercio)
Instituto Argentino de Conciliacion, Mediacion y Arbitraje (IANCA)

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[1] Available only in Spanish.

[2] Modifying Law No. 17.454 of Sept. 19, 1967, text consolidated according to Decree 1.042 of 1981.

[3] Source: UNCTAD, available at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/arbitration/NYConvention_status.html

[4] Source: SICE, available at http://www.sice.oas.org/dispute/comarb/iacac/iacac2e.asp

[5] Source: SICE, available at http://www.sice.oas.org/DISPUTE/COMARB/Intl_Conv/caicmoe.asp

[6] Source, ICSID, available at http://icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/FrontServlet?requestType=ICSIDDocRH&actionVal=ContractingStates&ReqFrom=Main

[7] Language abbreviations: English = Eng.; Spanish = Sp.; French = Fr.; German = Ger.; Italian = It.; Portuguese = Por.

[8] Source: SICE, available at http://www.sice.oas.org/ctyindex/ARG/ARGBITS_e.asp and Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, information available at http://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php?consulta=si&modo=c

[9] According to Cancilleria, this treaty entered in force on 14 Feb. 2001.

[10] According to Cancilleria, this treaty entered into force on 18 de Feb. 2000.

[11] According to Cancilleria, this treaty entered into force on 19 Jan 1995.

[12] Cases are presented in chronological order taking into consideration the registration number (Int'l arbitration cases) or the day of issuance (Court decisions).

[13] Date the decision or award was rendered.

[14]Date the decision or award was rendered.

[15]Date the decision was rendered.

[16] No. of cases administered by the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the AAA with a party from Argentina.

[17] No. of Parties from Argentina involved in Arbitration cases under ICC Rules.

[18] No. of cases registered by the ICSID Secretariat with Argentina as Respondent State.

[19] Terminal date of designation: 18 May, 2015

[20] The members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration are appointed for three year terms.

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