00 023 0 6 Are submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter, and 7 Do not deal with cases which have been settled by the states involved in accordance with the principle of the Charter of the United Nations, or the charter of the organization of African unity or the provision of the present Charter." 22. The Court notes that, with regard to the admissibility of the Application, the Respondent State raises three preliminary objections concerning exhaustion of local remedies, belated referral of the case to the Court and the previous settlement of the dispute in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. A. Objection on the grounds of non-exhaustion of local remedies State contends that, by instituting actions before domestic courts against La Compagnie de Gesfion et de Participation '"CGP", a private law body corporate, the Applicant did not act appropriately and hence has not 23. The Respondent exhausted the local remedies. lt argued that the local remedies should instead have been sought against the lvoirian State, within the meaning of Article 56 of the Charter and Rule 40 of the Rules of Court' 24. ln response, the Applicant argues that, whereas remedies should be available and sufficient, there is no remedy in the legal corpus of the Respondent State in respect of the legal situations submitted for consideration before this Court. 25. The Applicant further avers that he has exhausted the local remedies with respect to the case between Socr6fd AGRILAND and Socl6t6 CGP. He cites the decisions rendered by various domestic courts, including the Divo Court of First lnstance, the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal of Daloa and of Abidjan. The Applicant refers, in particular, to Judgement No. 405/14 of 5 June 2014 whereby the 1st Civil Chamber B of the Judicial Chamber of the 8 x k