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ARTICLE 15

Settlement of Disputes

any

If

to

(1) relating

Agreement, the

dispute arises between the Contracting Parties the interpretation or application of this Contracting Parties shall in the first place

try to settle it by negotiation.

(2)

the

by

If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement of dispute by negotiation, it may be referred by them to such person or body as they may agree on or, at the request of a Contracting Party, shall be submitted for decision to a tribunal of three arbitrators which shall be constituted in the following manner:

(a) within 30 days after receipt of a request for arbitration, each Contracting Party shall appoint one arbitrator. A national of a State which can be regarded as neutral in relation to the dispute, who shall act as President of the tribunal, shall be appointed as the third arbitrator by agreement between the two arbitrators, within 60 days of the appointment of the second;

(b) if within the time limits specified above any appointment has not been made, a Contracting Party may request the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization to make the necessary appointment within 30 days. If the President considers that he is a national of a State which cannot be regarded as neutral in relation to the

most senior Vice-President who is

that ground shall make

not

dispute, the disqualified

appointment.

on

the

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