8 DECIDES: unanimously 1. To take note of the acceptance made by Argentina of the acts stated in the application. 2. acts. To take note as well of Argentina's acceptance of international responsibility for those 3. To grant the parties a period of six months from the date of the present judgment to reach an agreement on reparations and compensation. 4. To reserve the authority to examine and approve that agreement and, in the event that the parties do not agree, to continue the proceedings on reparations and compensation. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic. Read at a public session at the seat of the Court in San José, Costa Rica on February 2, 1996. Héctor Fix-Zamudio President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Alejandro Montiel-Argüello Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Jackman Oliver Alirio Abreu-Burelli Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Julio A. Barberis