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- If any dispute arises between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall in the first place endeavour to settle it by negotiation between themselves.
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- If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement by negotiation, the dispute may at the request of either Contracting Party be submitted for decision to a tribunal of three arbitrators (hereinafter referred to as the "Tribunal"), one to be appointed by each Contracting Party and the third to be agreed upon by the two arbitrators so appointed, provided that such third arbitrator shall not be a national of either Contracting Party. Each of the Contracting Parties shall designate its arbitrator within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt by either Contracting Party from the other Contracting Party of a diplomatic note requesting arbitration of the dispute and the third arbitrator shall be agreed upon within a further period of sixty days. If either of the Contracting Parties fails to designate its own arbitrator within the period of sixty days or if the third arbitrator is not agreed upon within the period indicated, the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation may be requested by either Contracting Party to appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators.
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- The Tribunal shall determine its own procedure.
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- Subject to the final decision of the Tribunal, the Contracting Parties shall bear in equal proportion the initial costs of arbitration.
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- The Contracting Parties shall comply with any provisional ruling and the final decision of the Tribunal.
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- If, and so long as, one of the Contracting Parties fails to comply with a decision of the Tribunal given under this Article, the other Contracting Party may limit, withhold or revoke any rights or privileges which it has granted by virtue of the present Agreement to the Contracting Party in default.
