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| Procedural Step | Responsible | Interval (in # of Days)2 |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Memorial | Claimant | Thursday, 20 April 2023 |
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| 2. | Counter-Memorial on Merits and Memorial on Jurisdiction |
Respondent | 120 days | Friday, 18 August 2023 |
| 3. | Requests for Document Production | Parties | 14 days | Friday, 01 September 2023 |
| 4. | Objections to Document Production and/or Voluntary Document Production |
Parties | 21 days | Friday, 22 September 2023 |
| 5. | Replies to Objections to Document Production |
Parties | 7 days | Friday, 29 September 2023 |
| 6. | Decision on Document Production | Tribunal | 14 days | Friday, 13 October 2023 |
| 7. | Production of Documents Ordered by the Tribunal |
Parties | 28 days | Friday, 10 November 2023 |
| 8. | Non-Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties Written Submission under DR- CAFTA, Article 10.20(2), if any and Non-Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties inform intent to make oral submission under DR-CAFTA, Article 10.20(2), if any |
Non- Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties |
N/A | Friday, 10 November 2023 |
| 9. | Applications for Leave to File an Amicus Curiae Submission under DR-CAFTA, Article 10.20(3), if any |
Amicus | N/A | Friday, 10 November 2023 |
| 10. | Consultation with Parties and Decision on Hearing Format |
Tribunal | N/A | Early December 2023 |
1 This table contains the current Procedural Calendar. It reflects the initial Procedural Calendar set forth in Annex A Procedural Order No. 1 dated 22 December 2022, with subsequent amendments resulting from: (i) the Parties’ joint communication of 11 and 12 May 2023 and the Tribunal’s communication of 15 May 2023; and (ii) the Parties’ joint communication of 31 October 2023 and the Tribunal’s communication of 1 November 2023. ↩
2 Intervals count from the immediately prior step, unless otherwise indicated. ↩
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| 11. | Reply on Merits and Counter- Memorial on Jurisdiction (including Comments to Non- Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties Written Submission under DR- CAFTA, Article 10.20(2), if any) |
Claimant | 133 days (from step 2) |
Friday, 29 December 2023 |
| 12. | Rejoinder on Merits and Reply on Jurisdiction (including Comments to Non- Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties Written Submission under DR- CAFTA, Article 10.20(2), if any) |
Respondent | 133 days | Friday, 10 May 2024 |
| 13. | Rejoinder on Jurisdiction | Claimant | 21 days | Friday, 31 May 2024 |
| 14. | Parties' Comments on Amicus Curiae Written Submissions, if any admitted |
Non- Disputing DR-CAFTA Parties |
14 days | Friday, 14 June 2024 |
| 15. | Identification of witnesses and experts to be called at the Hearing |
Parties | N/A | Friday, 19 July 2024 |
| 16. | Pre-Hearing Organizational Meeting |
Parties and Tribunal (or its President) |
N/A | Friday, 25 July 2024 |
| 17. | Hearing | All | Monday to Saturday, 7 to 12 October 2024 (4 days of hearing plus 2 days as reserve, exact number of days needed being discussed at step 16 meeting) |
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| 18. | Post-Hearing Briefs [to be discussed at the end of the Hearing] |
Parties | TBD | TBD |
| 19. | Statement of Costs | Parties | TBD | TBD |