Letter from the Republic of Ecuador to the Tribunal, Feb. 10, 2012

1. DC:699831.7
February 10, 2012
Mr. V.V. Veeder, QC Prof. Vaughan Lowe, QC
Essex Court Chambers Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3EG London WC2A 3EG
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Dr. Horacio Grigera Naón Mr. Martin Doe
2708 35th Place N.W. Permanent Court of Arbitration
Washington, DC 20007 Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2
USA 2517 KJ The Hague
The Netherlands
Re: Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company v. the Republic of Ecuador, PCA
Case No. 2009-23
Dear Members of the Tribunal:
In compliance with section VI.2.ii of the First Interim Award on Interim Measures
dated 25 January 2011, the Respondent hereby informs the Tribunal of the measures that it
has taken for the implementation of the Interim Award.
On 26 January 2011, the Attorney General of Ecuador issued immediate notice of the
Award by the oficios addressed to the President of the Republic of Ecuador,1
Council for the
Judiciary,2
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration,3
and the conjueces of the
appellate panel.4
Given that the newly-elected judges of the National Court (formerly the
Supreme Court)5
assumed office on 26 January 2012 and selected the new President of the
Court on 27 January 2012, the oficio to the National Court was sent the next business day, 31
January 2011.
Through these official communications, the Attorney General put the various
branches of the Ecuadorian State on notice of the Interim Award, further underscoring that
the “[A]ward is directed to the Republic of Ecuador and, therefore, applies to all the branches that
1
R-387, Letter from Attorney General, Diego García Carrión, to the Constitutional President of the Republic of
Ecuador, Rafael Correa Delgado. January 26, 2012.
2
R-388, Letter from Attorney General, Diego García Carrión, to the President of the Judiciary Council (in
Transition), Hector Rodríguez Molina. January 26, 2012.
3
R-386, Letter from Attorney General, Diego García Carrión, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Integration, January 26, 2012.
4
C-1040, Letter from Attorney General, Diego García Carrión, to Milton Toral Zevallos, Luis Legña Zambrano,
and Juan Encarnación Sánchez. January 26, 2012.
5
R-389, Letter from Attorney General, Diego García Carrión, to the President of the National Court of Justice
(former Supreme Court), Carlos Ramirez Romero. January 31, 2012.

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comprise the Ecuadorian State” and replicating the Tribunal’s February 9, 2011 Order to Ecuador “to
take all measures at its disposal to suspend or cause to suspend the enforcement or recognition, within
and without Ecuador, of any judgment issued against Chevron.”
Respectfully submitted,
Francisco Grijalva
Procuraduría General del Estado
Enclosures
cc: Mr. R. Doak Bishop
Mr. Wade M. Coriell
Ms. Isabel Fernández de la Cuesta
Mr. Edward G. Kehoe
Ms. Caline Mouawad
Mr. James Crawford SC
Dr. Diego García Carrión
Mr. Luis González
Mr. Eric W. Bloom
Mr. Tomás Leonard
Mr. C. MacNeil Mitchell