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

Year (case):
1979
Year (treaty):
1974
1975
Time period:
1950-2000
Jurisdiction/region:
North Africa
State/territory:
Algeria
Document language:
English
French
Dispute resolution method:
Arbitration
Classification:
Commercial
Topics:
State responsibilityReparationsForms of reparation Compensation
Contracts
ContractsContractual exceptions Force majeure
Contracts Contractual exceptions
Legal instrument:
Contract
Presiding or sole arbitrator:
Robert Patry (Switzerland)
Other members of tribunal/commission:
Nguya Ndila (Congo, Democratic Republic of); Ahmed Mahiou (Algeria)
Nationality of arbitrator:
Switzerland
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Algeria
Citation:
Algerian state enterprise (seller) / African state enterprise (buyer), Award of May 30, 1979, Cases Nos. 3099 and 3100, in 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) 67
Description:
The dispute concerns alleged damages resulting from a delayed payment for delivered goods. The respondent contends that the delay was due to a force majeure event, specifically, the refusal of a bank in the claimant’s state to authorize payment acceptance.

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