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to pay pensions. It stressed that the pension rules of Decree Law No. 20530 regulated State pensions
and benefits financed with State resources, and consequently the private company could not
administer pension funds; moreover, it emphasized that it did not take on that obligation and that
in accordance with the cited Decree, the plaintiff’s legal relationship was with the State.111 In addition,
the Second Chamber considered that, in the case of privatized companies, the rules introduced in
2002 stipulated which public entities would be responsible for awarding and paying pensions under
the system in question.112 The Chamber ordered that a new resolution be issued, “taking these
considerations into account.”113 Thus, the resolution of October 30, 2012, ordering the suspension of
the [execution] proceeding pending a decision on the appeal, was rendered ineffective.114
94. On September 5, 2014, the Thirty-third Civil Court adopted a resolution requiring that the MEF
provide information on the assets and liabilities assumed by the former State company Tintaya S.A.
This information was required in an official letter dated September 9, 2014.115
95. On June 11, 2015, the Thirty-third Civil Court issued a resolution declaring without merit the
annulment of the resolution of September 5, 2014, and considered that the company Xstrata Tintaya
S.A. should assume the obligation to pay Mr. Muelle Flores’ pension. The Thirty-third Civil Court
emphasized that the judgment of February 2, 1993, was issued prior to the privatization of Tintaya
S.A. and based its annulment decision on the following arguments: a) the MEF and the ONP concluded
that they did not have the obligation to pay Mr. Muelle Flores’ pension, since the judgment of the
Constitutional Court had expressly stated that Tintaya S.A. had the obligation to pay it (supra paras.
67 and 68); b) “it [had] been accredited that Magma Copper Corporation Tintaya assumed the legal
universality of the company’s assets [the State company Tintaya S.A.]”; c) the company BHP Billiton
Tintaya S.A. made pension payments, and d) “it [was] obvious that Xstrata Tintaya S.A. ha[d] also
taken on the assets and liabilities of the previous companies.”116 This decision was appealed by
Xstrata Tintaya S.A.
96. On October 26, 2015, the Thirty-third Civil Court instructed the private investment promotion
agency (Proinversión) to report, urgently, on the assets and liabilities assumed by the former Stateowned company Tintaya S.A.117 Given that this agency did not provide the information requested,
Mr. Muelle Flores presented a brief on June 7, 2016, requesting that Proinversión be ordered to
comply with that request, under penalty of a fine.118
111
Cf. Resolution No. 08 of the Second Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima of October 10, 2013 (evidence file,
folios 1725 to 1729).
112
Cf. Resolution No. 08 of the Second Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima of October 10, 2013 (evidence file,
folio 1728).
113
Cf. Resolution No. 08 of the Second Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima of October 10, 2013 (evidence file,
folio 1730).
114
Cf. Resolution No. 08 of the Second Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima of October 10, 2013 (evidence file,
folios 1737 to 1738).
115
Cf. Resolution No. 104 of the Thirty-Third Civil Court of Lima of September 5, 2014 and Official Letter issued by the
Thirty-Third Civil Court of Lima on September 9, 2014 (evidence file, folios 1740 to 1741).
116
Cf. Resolution No. 106 of the Thirty-Third Civil Court of Lima of June 11, 2015 (evidence file, folios 1743-1746).
117
Cf. Resolution No. 109 of the Thirty-Third Civil Court of Lima of October 26, 2015 (evidence file, folio 1748). This Court
requested information from Proinversión after the MEF indicated, on July 21, 2015, that the State entity that should provide
a response on the assets and liabilities assumed by the former State-owned company Tintaya S.A. would be the National
Fund for State Business Activity (FONAFE). In turn, on July 17, 2015, FONAFE indicated that the entity that should respond
to that request was PROINVERSIÓN. Cf. Brief of Mr. Muelle of May 3, 2017 (evidence file, folios 1754 to 1755).
118
Cf. Brief of Mr. Muelle of June 7, 2016 (evidence file, folios 1750-1751).