That same day, some of the statements required by affidavit in the President’s Order of December 20, 2012, were received. On May 17, 2013 Argentina forwarded the Court an “Agreement on Reparations” signed by the representatives of the victims and the State. 10. Public hearing. The public hearing was held at the seat of the Court on May 21 and 22, 2013, during the Court’s ninety-ninth regular session. 4 During the hearing, the Court asked the parties and the Commission to provide certain clarifications, additional information, and helpful evidence when presenting their final written arguments and observations. 11. Final written arguments and observations. On June 24, 2013, the State and the representatives forwarded their respective final written arguments, and the Commission presented its final written observations. The State and the representatives provided the clarifications requested during the public hearing, and the representatives presented the helpful evidence that had been required (supra para. 10), as well as expense vouchers and other documentation. On July 9, 2013, the State was asked to present a “timetable” for the tasks mentioned in the “Agreement on Reparations” of May 17, 2013 (supra para. 9). On July 16, 2013, the State indicated that, “when the Court has handed down its judgment, all the parties concerned […] will prepare a timetable with the approximate dates for completing each of the points” agreed on. 12. Observations on the evidence forwarded with the final written arguments and the requested information. On July 31, 2013, the representatives forwarded their observations on the clarifications, documentation, and helpful evidence requested during the public hearing, and the Commission asked for an extension until August 6, 2013, to present its observations, which was granted. The Commission forwarded its observations on August 7, 2013, after this additional period had expired. 13. Helpful evidence. On August 23, 2013, the Court required the State and the representatives to forward the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure applicable in the investigations conducted into the facts of the case. On August 30, 2013, the representatives explained that the information required could be found on specific web pages of the State, and Argentina asked the Court for an extension in this regard. This extension expired on September 9, 2013; however, the State failed to forward the requested information. On October 16, 2013, the Court requested Argentine to provide information, by October 22, 2013, at the latest, on the actual status of case 5-10888-2, which, at December 30, 2009, had been before Court of Guarantees No. 5 of the La Plata Judicial Department. The State requested an extension in order to provide this information, and was granted a non-extendible period until October 30, 2013, for this purpose. On October 30, 2013, the State forwarded the requested information, and on November 7, 2013, the Commission and the representatives presented their respective observations. III COMPETENCE 4 At this public hearing, there appeared: for the Inter-American Commission, Silvia Serrano Guzmán, Adviser; for the representatives, Paula Litvachky, Gabriela Kletzel, Luis Valenga; for the Argentine Republic: Javier Salgado, Agent, Director of International Litigation on Human Rights Matters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Gonzalo Bueno, Legal Adviser of the Department for International Litigation on Human Rights Matters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Yanina Berra Rocca, official from the Legal Advisory Services Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, and María Eugenia Carbone, Coordinator of International Legal Affairs of the National Human Rights Secretariat. 7