I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

1. On June 20, 2014, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID” or the “Centre”) received a Request for Interpretation of the Award rendered on May 16, 2014 in ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/10/1, David Minnotte and Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland (the “Request”), submitted by the Claimants pursuant to Article 55 of the ICSID Arbitration (Additional Facility) Rules. On the same day, the Centre also confirmed its receipt of the prescribed lodging fee.

2. Article 55(2) of the ICSID Arbitration (Additional Facility) Rules provides that “[t]he Tribunal shall determine the procedure to be followed” in relation to requests for interpretation. By letter of June 24, 2014, the Tribunal invited both parties to provide their views on certain procedural proposals made by the Tribunal in that letter.

3. Having received and considered the parties’ respective responses to the Tribunal’s letter on June 27, 2014, and having noted that there was agreement that the interpretation proceeding should proceed on the basis of written pleadings and without an oral hearing, on July 10, 2014 the Tribunal issued Procedural Order No. 1, concerning the procedure to be followed in this phase of the case.

4. In accordance with Procedural Order No. 1, Claimants submitted their Supplement to the Request for Interpretation (the “Supplement”) by July 18, 2014, and Respondent submitted its Observations on the Request for Interpretation of the Final Award of 16 May 2014 (the “Observations”) by August 1, 2014.