# The National Insurance (Germany) Order 1961, Paragraph


Article 21
(1) Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention shall, as far as possible, be resolved by the competent authorities.
(2) If any such dispute cannot be resolved in this manner, it shall, at the request of either Party, be submitted to an arbitration tribunal.
(3) The arbitration tribunal shall consist of two members, one appointed, when occasion arises, by each Party, and a national of a third state chosen by the members as chairman. If one Party fails to appoint its member within sixty days of the request for arbitration by the other Party, or if the members fail to agree upon a chairman within sixty days after they have been appointed, either of the Parties may ask the President of the International Court of Justice to make the requisite appointment. In the event of the President being a national of either Party, or being prevented from making the appointment for any other reason, the Vice-President of the Court may be asked to make the requisite appointment.
(4) The decisions of the arbitration tribunal shall be by majority vote. Its decisions shall be final and binding. Each Party shall bear the expenses of its member. The remaining costs shall be borne equally by the two Parties. Apart from these provisions, the arbitration tribunal shall itself determine its rules of procedure

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1961/1513/schedule/FIRST/part/IV/paragraph/wrapper37n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-insurance-germany-order-1961/schedule-FIRST/part-IV/paragraph-wrapper37n1
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