Article 5 Consultation between the Parties and the arbitration panel
United Kingdom
Unless the Parties agree otherwise, they shall meet the arbitration panel within seven days of its setting up in order to determine such matters that the Parties or the arbitration panel deem appropriate, including:
the remuneration and expenses to be paid to arbitrators, which shall be in accordance with WTO standards;
the remuneration for each arbitrator's assistant, the total of which shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total remuneration of that arbitrator;
the timetable of the proceeding.
Arbitrators and representatives of the Parties may take part in this meeting via telephone or video conference.
Unless the Parties agree otherwise within five days of the date of the setting up of the arbitration panel, the terms of reference of the arbitration panel shall be:
'to examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the Agreement, the matter referred to in the request for the setting up of the arbitration panel, to rule on the compatibility of the measure in question with Article 67 of the Agreement, and to make a ruling in accordance with Articles 73, 83 and 84 of the Agreement.'.
The Parties shall notify the agreed terms of reference to the arbitration panel within three days of their agreement on the mandate.