(a) Original Proceeding

• Claimant(s)/Nationality(ies): (i)
  GRAD Associates, P.A. (U.S.)
• Respondent(s):
  Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Venezuelan)
• Date Registered:
  March 1, 2000
• Date of Constitution of Tribunal:
  August 18, 2000

Composition of Tribunal

• President:
  Francisco ORREGO VICUÑA (Chilean) - Appointed by Co-Arbitrators
• Arbitrators:
  Andreas J. JACOVIDES (Cypriot) - Appointed by the Claimant(s)
  Francisco REZEK (Brazilian) - Appointed by the Respondent(s)

Party Representatives

• Claimant(s):
  Connell Foley, Roseland, NJ, U.S.A.
• Respondent(s):
  Ministro de la Producción y del Comercio, Ministerio de la Producción y del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela
• Language(s) of Proceeding:
  English,Spanish
• Status of Proceeding:
  Concluded
• Outcome of Proceeding:
  Proceeding discontinued for lack of payment of advances pursuant to Regulation 14(3)(d) of the Administrative and Financial Regulations (Order for the discontinuance of the proceeding issued by the Tribunal on February 5, 2002).