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Article 4 Organisational meeting

United Kingdom

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1.

Unless the Parties agree otherwise, they shall meet the arbitration panel within 10 days of its establishment in order to determine such matters as the Parties or the arbitration panel deem appropriate, including:

(a)

the remuneration and expenses to be paid to the arbitrators, in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) standards;

(b)

the remuneration to be paid to assistant(s), the total amount of which shall not exceed 50 % of the remuneration paid to the arbitrator(s); or

(c)

the timetable of the proceedings.

2.

Arbitrators and representatives of the Parties may take part in the meeting referred to in paragraph 1 via telephone or video conference.