I. THE PARTIES AND THEIR REPRESENT A TIVES

1. The Claimants in this matter are Les Laboratoires Servier S.A.S. ("Laboratoires"), Biofarrna S.A.S. ("Biofarma"), and Arts et Techniques du Progres S.A.S. ("Arts et Techniques", collectively "Servier" or "Claimants"), pharmaceutical companies constituted under the laws of France. The Claimants are represented by Mr. Barton Legum and Ms. Anna Crevon of SCP Salans & Associes, 5 boulevard Malesherbes, 75008 Paris, France, and Mr. Wojciech Kozlowski, Salans D. Oleszchuk Kancelaria Prawnicza sp. K, Rondo ONZ 1, 00-124 Warsaw, Poland.

2. The Respondent is the Republic of Poland ("Respondent" or "Poland"), represented by Ms. Judith Gill QC, and Messrs. Jeffrey Sullivan and Thomas Sebastian of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London El 6AD, England; Mr. Wojciech Jaworski of Allen & Overy, A. P~dzich sp. K., Rondo ONZ 1, 34 floor, 00-124 Warsaw, Poland; and Mmes. Barbara Kotlarek-Krnin, Elzbieta Buczkowska-Krzysk6w, and Katarzyna Szostak-Tebbens from the Prokuratoria Generalna Skarbu Panstwa, State Treasury Solicitor's Office, VI. Hoza 76178, 00-682 Warsaw, Poland.