WHEREAS pursuant to Article 10 of the Treaty, the Claimant served upon the Respondent a Notification of Claim dated 22 June 2011; and whereas pursuant to Article 10 of the Treaty and Article 3 of the UNCITRAL Rules, the Claimant served upon the Respondent a Notice of Arbitration dated 21 November 2011; 

WHEREAS pursuant to Article 4 of the UNCITRAL Rules, the Respondent served upon the Claimant a Response to the Notice of Arbitration dated 21 December 2011; 

WHEREAS on 3 August 2012, after consultation with the Parties at a first procedural meeting, the Tribunal issued Procedural Order No. 2, which set out a timetable for the Parties to file their submissions relating to the bifurcation of the proceedings; 

WHEREAS on 14 April 2014, following a hearing on the question of bifurcation, the Tribunal issued Procedural Order No. 8, deciding that two preliminary objections should be considered in an initial phase of the proceedings and establishing a timetable for that phase; 

WHEREAS on 16 May 2014, after consultation with the Parties, the Tribunal issued Procedural Order No. 9, in which it confirmed that the hearing on preliminary objections (the “Hearing”) would commence on 16 February 2015; 

WHEREAS on 16 January 2015, a draft of the present Order was communicated to the Parties; and whereas the Parties submitted their comments on 26, 27 and 29 January 2015;