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In the case of the redetermination of national entitlements, 

 which may occur once every' ten years, the Arbitrator will 

 receive disputes directly from the Parties. 



Dispute settlement for Category A management measures 

 is distinctly different from dispute settlement for Category 

 B measures. In a dispute related to annual management 

 measures for a Category A stock, for example, the Co-Chairmen 

 or the Arbitrator, as the case may be, will have the 

 discretion to formulate whatever management measures they 

 consider appropriate in light of presentations by both 

 sides. Those measures will be legally binding on the Parties 

 at the time of the decision. However, in the case of a dis- 

 pute over management ineasures proposed for a Category B stock 

 by the Party of primary management responsibility, the Co- 

 Chairmen and the Arbitrator have a more confined role. 

 Before they may substitute their own management measures for 

 those proposed by the Party of primary interest, they must 

 find that the proposed management measures are "clearly 

 inconsistent" with the Agreement's management principles. 



When questions regarding management measures are 

 referred to them, the Co-Chairmen have fifteen days to 

 reach agreement; on matters involving the application or 

 interpretation of the Agreement, they must act within thirty 

 days. In the case of the Arbitrator various time limits 



