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reference to the United Nations Commission on International

Trade Law because the Italian side felt that this was more

commonly known to investors.

ARTICLE 11

13.

This Article is based on Article 9 of the Hong

Kong model, but with the following minor changes to the

detailed procedures laid down for dispute settlement:

(a) in Article 11 (2) (a) (Article 9(2)(a) of the Hong

Kong model text), the time allowed for each

Contracting Party to appoint an arbitrator has

been extended from thirty days to sixty days. The

Italian delegation felt that the thirty day

timetable might be too tight;

(b)

at the suggestion of the Hong Kong delegation, the

reference to "the most senior Vice-President" was

amended to "the Vice-President or the most senior

member" to reflect the fact that there is only one

Vice-President in the International Court of

reference to "President or

Vice-President" in the last senctence of Article 9

(8) of the Hong Kong model was amended accordingly

to "Member" (Article 11 (9) of the initialled

text);

Justice;

the

(c)

the second

sentence

of Article 9(3) of the Hong

Kong model text was deleted. The Italian side

felt that the procedures of the tribunal were

sufficiently covered in the first sentence; and

(d)

a new sub-paragraph, Article 11(5), was added to

make it clear that tribunal shall decide on the

basis of respect for the law; and that

tribunal may propose to the Contracting Parties

that the dispute be settled amicably.

the