Dear Mr Gautier,

With reference to your letter dated 23 October 2013, the Kingdom of the Netherlands notes with regret, that the Russian Federation does not accept the arbitration procedure under Annex VII to the Convention in regard to the case concerning the 'Arctic Sunrise' and tat it does not intent to participate in the proceedings of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ('Tribunal') in respect of teh request of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the prescription of provisional measures under Article 290, Paragraph 5, of the Convention, dated 21 October 2013 ('Request for Provisional Measures').