On 9 october 2003, at a meeting between presidents kirchner (argentina) and battle (uruguay) in anchorena, (colonia, uruguay), the subject of the paper pulp mills in fray bentos appears to have come up. 33 for the general geographical context). The alleged breach arose from the authorization, construction, and future commissioning of two pulp mills on the river uruguay and the effects of such activities on the said river and its areas of influence of the plants. Whereas by an application filed in the registry of the court on 4 may 2006, the argentine republic Whereas argentina, in order to found the jurisdiction of the court, relied in its application on article 36, 3. This casts great doubt on the impacts that these mills will have on both the water quality and 18 regime of the river
Until another environmental study is conducted that both parties can rely on, we suggest the 19 suspension of construction 20 furthermore, we encourage both countries to utilize caru in resolving any other disputes regarding these The icj held that uruguay breached its procedural obligations by not informing the administrative commission of the river uruguay (“caru”) of its plans to construct the mills before it issued its environmental authorisations.
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