In compliance with the appropriate formalities. 45. Having the Court has established its jurisdiction over the case and has ruled . it admissible, Article 90(2) of the Rules of the Court also requires that the appropriate formalities set out in Articles 33, 34 and 35 of the Rules of the Court be complied with. 46. Articles 33 and 34 are provisions relating to the constituent elements of an application that may be accepted by the Court, as well as the details of the notification protocols, including the methods of notification. On the other hand, the provisions of Article 35 are instructions for the Defendant regarding the time limit for responding to an application. 47. Having carefully examined the documents submitted by the Applicant, the Court is convinced that the application for judgment by default complies with the aforementioned formalities. Furthermore, the application for default judgment is dated December 2, 2021 and duly served on the Defendant State, the has not said anything. Whether the application is well-founded 48. Article 90(1) of the Rules of the Court orders that judgment by default be given on behalf of the Applicant when the Defendant fails to appear or file a defense. 49. The Court recalls that the granting of an application for judgment by default is not an obvious question, since the facts must be sufficiently proven. In other words, the Court must examine the totality of the evidence submitted by the Applicant in order to determine whether a cause of action exists and whether the claim has been satisfactorily proved (see VISION KAM JAY 13 GF

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