Letter to ICSID (from United States of America)

United States Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520
www.state.gov
November 1,2010-
ByE-mail
Marco Tulio Montaiies-Rumayor
Secretary of the Tribunal
ICSID, 1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
Re:
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc. v.
Republic ofEI Salvador (ICSID Case No. ARB/09l17)
Dear Mr. Montaiies-Rumayor:
On behalf of the United States of America, and in accordance with the schedule set by the
Tribunal, the United States will not be making a non-disputing Party submission pursuant to
CAFTA-DR Article 10.20.2. The United States appreciates the addition of non-disputing Party
submissions to the schedule set by the Tribunal.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mark E. Feldman
Chief, NAFT AlCAFTA-DR Arbitration
Office of International Claims and
Investment Disputes
Copies:
Republic of Costa Rica
Direcci6n de Aplicaci6n de Acuerdos
Comerciales Intemacionales
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior
San Jose, Costa Rica
esteban. aguero(aJ,comex. go. cr
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The Dominican Republic
Direcci6n de Comercio Exterior y
Administraci6n de Tratados Comerciales Intemacionales
Secretaria de Estado de Industria y Comercio
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
yahaira. sosa(iiJ,comex. gov. do
Republic of El Salvador
Direcci6n de Administraci6n de Tratados Comerciales
Ministerio de Economia
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe
Edificio C l-C2, Plan Maestro Centro de Gobiemo
San Salvador, El Salvador
rsalazar@minec.gob.sv
and
c/o Dewey & LeBoeuf
1101 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
dsmith(iiJ,dewevleboeufcom
lparada(iiJ,detl1evleboeufcom
TSolis@dewevleboeufcom
EArgueta@deweyleboeufcom
Republic of Guatemala
Ministerio de Economia
Direcci6n de Administraci6n
de Comercio Exterior
ga Avenida 10-43, Zona 1
Guatemala c.A.
acutz(iiJ,mineco. gob. gt
Republic of Honduras
Direcci6n General de Integraci6n Econ6mica y Politica Comercial
Secretaria de Estado en los Despachos de Industria y Comercio
Boulevard Jose Cecilio del Valle
Edificio San Jose, anti guo edificio de Fenaduanah
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
jurbina(ii)sic. gob. hn
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Republic of Nicaragua
Direcci6n de Integraci6n y Administraci6n de Tratados
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio
Managua, Nicaragua
jbermudez@plific.gob.ni
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc.
c/o Machulak, Robertson & Sodos, S.C.
1733 North Farwell Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
United States
machulak@,lawmessage.com
eugene@lawmessage.com
and
Professor Andrew Newcombe
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
P.O. Box 2400, STN CSC
Victoria, BC, V8W 3H7
Canada
newcombe@,uvic.ca