In June 2001 the Government launched a legal action under the convention. This case sought access to the complete and unedited consultants' reports commissioned by the United Kingdom in support of the economic justification for the MOX plant. The case came to an oral hearing in The Hague in October 2002 and, as I mentioned, a judgment was announced by the tribunal today. While the case related to access to information withheld by the United Kingdom on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, it also related to the elaboration of the fundamental rights and obligations of contracting parties to the OSPAR Convention. In arguing its case before the arbitral tribunal the United Kingdom had contended that the tribunal had no jurisdiction in the matter and that Ireland's claims were inadmissible.