Mr. Riccardo Monaco, Professor Emeritus at the University of Rome, as Co-Agent and Counsel; Mr. Ignazio Caramazza, State Advocate; Secretary-General of the Awocatura Generale dello Stato, as Co-Agent and Advocate; Mr. Michael Joachim Bonell, Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Rome, Mr. Francesco Capotorti, Professor of International Law at the University of Rome, Mr. Giorgio Gaja, Professor of International Law at the University of Florence, Mr. Keith Highet, Member of the Bars of New York and the District of Columbia, Mr. Berardino Libonati, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Rome, as Counsel and Advocates; assisted by Mr. David Clark, L1.B. (Hons), Member of the Law Society of Scotland, Mr. Alberto Colella, Assistant Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alan Derek Hayward, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and al es, Mr. Pier Giusto Jaeger, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Milan, Mr. Attila Tanzi, Assistant Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Eric Wyler, Maître assistant of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lausanne, ,' as Advisers, OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURTOF JUSTICE forrned to deal with THECHAMBER the case above mentioned, composed as above, after deliberation, delivers the following Judgment: 1. By a letter dated 6 February 1987, filed in the Registry of the Court the same day, the Secretary of State of the United States of America transrnitted to the Court an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of Italy in respect of a dispute arising out of the requisition by the Govemment of Italy of the plant and related assets of Raytheon-Elsi S.p.A., previously known as Elettronica Sicula S.P.A. (ELSI), an Italian Company which was stated to have been 100 per cent owned by two United States corporations. By the same letter, the Secretary of State informed the Court that the Govemment of the United States requested, pursuant to Article 26 of the Statute of the Court, that the dispute be resolved by a Chamber of the Court.