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and may request tlie hearing of all persons whose evidence the Party 

 considers useful. 



3. The Commission shall have the rijrht to recjuest explanations from 

 agents, advisers and experts of the Parties as well as from any persons 

 whom, with the consent of their Governmen(>, it may deem useful 

 to call. 



ARTICLE 6 



Provided the Parties do not agree othei wise, decisions of the Con- 

 ciliation Commission shall be taken by a majority vote and the Com- 

 mission shall not pronounce on the substance of > he controversy unless 

 all its members are present. 



ARTICLE 7 



The Parties shall facilitate the work of the Conciliation Commission 

 and in particular, in accordance with their legislation, and using all 

 means at their disjwsal : 



(a) provide the Commission with the necessary documents and 

 information; 



(6) enable the Commission to enter their territory, to hear 

 witnesses or experts, and to visit the scene. 



ARTICLE 8 



The task of the Conciliation Commission will be to clarify the 

 matters under dispute, to assemble for this puri)ose all relevant infor- 

 mation by means of examination or other means, and to endeavour to^ 

 reconcile the Parties. After examining the case, the Commission shall 

 communicate to the Parties a recommendation which appears to the 

 Commission to be appropriate to the matter and shall fix a i)eriod of 

 not more than 90 days within which the Parties are called upon to state 

 whether or not they accept the recommendation. 



ARTICLE 9 



The recommendation shall be accompanied by a statement of 

 reasons. If the recommendation does not represent in \yhole or in 



Eart the unanimous opinion of the Commission, any Conciliator shall 

 e entitled to deliver a separate opinion. 



ARTICLE 10 



A conciliation shall be deemed unsuccessful if, 90 days after the 

 Parties have been notified of the recommendation, either Party shall 

 not have notified the other Party of its acceptance of the recommen- 

 dation. Conciliation shall likewise be deemed unsuccessful if the 

 Commission shall not have been established within the period pre- 

 scribed in the third paragraph of Article 3 above, or provided the 

 Parties have not agreed otherwise, if the Commission shall not have 

 issued its recommendation within one year from the date on which 

 the Chairman of the Commission was nominated. 



