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(4)
Except as otherwise agreed by the Contracting
Parties or prescribed by the tribunal, each Contracting
Party shall submit a memorandum within forty five days
after the tribunal is fully constituted. Replies shall be
due sixty days later. The tribunal shall hold a hearing at
the request of either Contracting Party, or at its
discretion, within thirty days after replies are due.
(5)
The tribunal shall attempt to give a written
decision within thirty days after completion of the hearing
or, if no hearing is held, after the date both replies are
submitted. The decision shall be taken by a majority' vote.
(6)
The Contracting Parties may submit requests for
clarification of the decision within fifteen days after it
is received and such clarification shall be issued within
fifteen days of such request.
(7)
The decision of the tribunal shall be binding on
the Contracting Parties.
(8)
Each Contracting Party shall bear the costs of
the arbitrator appointed by it. The other costs of the
tribunal shall be shared equally by the Contracting Parties
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