Latest development Oct 15, 2026
The D.D.C. held Argentina’s response deadline in abeyance pending the Supreme Court’s handling of the Titan limitations question.
The award
- Amount awarded
- $40.0M plus 6% interest compounded annually from September 17, 2007, and costs of $0.7M and €1.5M
- Current estimate
- About $72M claimed, per Argentine press
- Award holder
- SAUR International S.A.S.
- Respondent
- Argentine Republic
- Forum
- ICSID ARB/04/4 · France–Argentina BIT
Challenges
An ICSID ad hoc committee denied Argentina’s annulment application on December 19, 2016.
Enforcement
D.D.C. No. 26-cv-1392 (Judge Mehta), filed April 23, 2026. On October 15, 2026 the court held Argentina’s response deadline in abeyance pending Argentina’s planned certiorari petition on the limitations period in Titan Consortium v. Argentina.
Recovered to date
None reported.
Notes
Argentine press names Saur among four cases covered by the $1.1B ICSID reserve in Article 49 of the 2027 budget bill. The allocation is not verified.