On June 14, 2005, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID” or “the Centre”) received from EDF (Services) Limited (“EDF” or the “Claimant”), a company incorporated in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom, a request for arbitration (the “Request,”) dated June 14, 2005, against Romania (“Romania” or “Respondent”).