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2005, the Arbitral Tribunal declared well-founded in part the first payment and unfounded
the three remaining payments, including the accessory claim. It therefore results that the
award concluded that “[o]f of two aspects incorporated in the Operative Paragraph [Eight]
of the Judgment [of the Inter-American Court], the Arbitral Tribunal consider[ed] that the
first already had been fulfilled, [so that] on the date the petition was brought, Mr. Ivcher
had already recuperated his rights as majority shareholder of [the] CLRSA, a situation that
has not varied to this date.”
23.
That in the fulfillment of the award referred to, the State emphasized that on
December 22, 2005, it paid to Mr. Ivcher the sum of S/. 20’378,402.22 (twenty million,
three hundred seventy eight thousand, four hundred two and twenty-two cents of new
soles), which represents: S/. 12’131,743.00 for dividends left unpaid, US$ 931,021.00 for
fees left unpaid, and S/. 5,044,878.00 for the loss of value of the company. The State
highlighted that it did not cancel the interests generated for said amounts after the arbitral
award, so that “[o]n the date of December 20, 2005, Mr. Baruch Ivcher Bronstein
communicated to the Vice[m]inister of Justice that […] renounce[ed] to pay [them],” so
that the Peruvian State “cancel[ed] the total of that ordered […] before December 30,
2005.”
24.
That on the other hand, the State pointed out that “in none of the operative
paragraphs [of the Judgments issued by the Court in this case] does there exist any
regulation regarding the tax material, nor an authorization given to [CRLSA] to not pay
taxes to the [p]eruvian State.” Therefore, the State alleged that the request of Mr. Ivcher
in the sense that “he orders the Peruvian State to abstain from charging the taxes not only
of the per[i]od of 1997-2000 but also the per[i]od of 2001-2003 referred to, […] configures
an abuse of the right to the protection conferred [on him].” It fits to emphasize that if Mr.
Ivcher also requested the arbitral award “[that] orders the Peruvian State to assume the
costs of the tax debt generated by [the company] through the illegal administration of [the
brothers Winter],” the Arbitral Tribunal declared “unfounded” said payment under three
arguments: 1) “the tax debt [generated by the Winter Administration] did not directly
affect the wealth of the plaintiff, nor of the company of which he was a shareholder, that
did not participate in this process and for which achievement cannot attribute the effects of
this Award;” 2) “[i]f the intention of Mr. Ivcher is to find a connection between the
precarious tax situation of CLRSA and his personal wealth, which in reality would
correspond to allege the loss of the value of his business,” that had been raised in this
award, it would imply a duplicity of claims, and 3) “[t]he anti-legal acts attributed to the
State did not directly cause […] that [the] tax situation of CLRSA had deteriorated before
the Prosecutor, but also Mr. Ivcher pointed out [in his petition] this claim originated in the
non-payment accumulated of the tax debt generated by the previous administration.”
Notwithstanding, the Arbitral Tribunal “consider[ed] it necessary to refer to the possibility
offered by Mr. Ivcher so that the Peruvian State assume the responsibility for the tax
obligations previously indicated [through] a compensation,” highlighting that ‘[i]f [said]
compensation to which Mr. Ivcher refers can operate or not among the reciprocal debts and
credits that CLRSA ha[d] with the Tax Administration, this must be determined in a distinct
instance from [said] arbitration.” In this sense, the State pointed out that the resolution of
the arbitral process “[c]onstituted […] res judicata and [hence] rejects the intention to
reopen said payment [about tax material] for the route of supervision of compliance with
the [j]udgment[s] of the [Inter-American] Court,” “be[ing] unaware of the tax obligations
of […] legal persons that have been part of the process […], or that correspond[ed] to
previous or subsequent time periods to the administration of the [brothers] Winter.” In
agreement with the State, “the [Arbitral] Tribunal accept[ed] the points [raised by Mr.
Ivcher], after having analyz[ed] them and not finding a causal nexus, reject[ed his] tax