PULP MILLS (JUDGMENT) 61 1. The “understanding” of 2 March 2004 between Argentina and Uruguay 125. The Court recalls that, after the issuing of the initial environmental authorization to CMB by Uruguay, without CARU having been able to carry out the functions assigned to it in this context by the 1975 Statute, the Foreign Ministers of the Parties agreed on 2 March 2004 on the procedure to be followed, as described in the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of CARU of 15 May 2004. The relevant extract from those minutes reads as follows in Spanish : “II) En fecha 2 de marzo de 2004 los Cancilleres de Argentina y Uruguay llegaron a un entendimiento con relación al curso de acción que se dará al tema, esto es, facilitar por parte del gobierno uruguayo, la información relativa a la construcción de la planta y, en relación a la fase operativa, proceder a realizar el monitoreo, por parte de CARU, de la calidad de las aguas conforme a su Estatuto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I) Ambas delegaciones reafirmaron el compromiso de los Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina y de la República Oriental del Uruguay de fecha 2 de marzo de 2004 por el cual el Uruguay comunicará la información relativa a la construcción de la planta incluyendo el Plan de Gestión Ambiental. En tal sentido, la CARU recibirá los Planes de Gestión Ambiental para la construcción y operación de la planta que presente la empresa al gobierno uruguayo una vez que le sean remitidos por la delegación uruguaya.” (Emphasis in the original.) Argentina and Uruguay have provided the Court, respectively, with French and English translations of these minutes. In view of the discrepancies between those two translations, the Court will use the following translation : “(II) On 2 March 2004, the Foreign Ministers of Argentina and Uruguay reached an understanding on how to proceed in the matter, namely, that the Uruguayan Government would provide information on the construction of the mill and that, in terms of the operational phase, CARU would carry out monitoring of water quality in accordance with its Statute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I) Both delegations reaffirmed the arrangement which had been come to by the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Argentina and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on 2 March 2004, whereby Uruguay would communicate information on the construction of the mill, including the environmental management plan. As a result, CARU would receive the environmental management plans for the 51