Paragraph Article 33

(1)

Any dispute about the interpretation or application of this Convention shall be resolved through agreement between the competent authorities of each State.

(2)

If any such dispute cannot be resolved in this manner, it shall be submitted, at the request of either State, to an arbitration tribunal which shall be composed in the following manner:

(a)

each State shall appoint an arbitrator within one month from receipt of the demand for arbitration. The two arbitrators shall appoint, from the nationals of a third country, a third arbitrator within two months from the date on which the State which was the last to appoint its arbitrator has notified the other State of the appointment;

(b)

if within the prescribed period either State should fail to appoint an arbitrator, the other State may request the President of the International Court of Justice or, in the event of his having the same nationality as one of the States, the Vice-President or next senior judge of that Court not having the nationality of either State, to make the appointment. A similar procedure shall be adopted at the request of either State if the two arbitrators cannot agree on the appointment of the third arbitrator.

(3)

The decision of the arbitration tribunal shall be by majority vote. Its decision shall be binding on both States. Each State shall bear the expenses of the arbitrator appointed by it. The remaining costs shall be borne equally by the two States. The arbitration tribunal shall determine its rules of procedure.

Notes on Schedule

Modifications

C1: Sch. modified (5.12.2005) by Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2765), art. 1, Sch. 1, Sch. 2