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3. The Chairman of the Tribunal shall, upon nomination, request 

 the Party which has not provided an Arbitrator, to do so in the same 

 manner and under the same conditions. If the Party does not make the 

 required nomination, the Chairman of the Tribunal shall request the 

 Secretary-General of the Organization to make the nomination in the 

 form and conditions prescribed in the preceding paragraph. 



4. The Chairman of the Tribunal, if nominated under the provisions 

 of the present Article, shall not be or have been a national of one of 

 the Parties concerned, except with the consent of the other Party or 

 Parties. 



5. In the case of the decease or default of an Arbitrator for whose 

 nomination one of the Parties is responsible, the said Party shall 

 nominate a replacement within a period of 60 d^ysjrom the date of 

 decease or default. Should the said Party not make the nomination, 

 the arbitration shall proceed under the remaining Arbitrators. In the 

 case of decease or default of the Chairman of the Tribunal, a replace- 

 ment shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of Article 

 14 above, or in the absence of agreement between the members of the 

 Tribunal within a period of 60 days of the decease or default, accord- 

 ing to the i)rovisions of the present Article. 



ARTICLE 16 



If a procedure has been initiated between two Parties, any other 

 Party, the nationals or property of which have been affected by the 

 same measures or which is a coastal State having taken similar 

 measures, may join in the arbitration procedure by giving written 

 notice to the Parties which have originally initiated the procedure 

 unless either of the latter Parties object to such joinder. 



ARTICLE 17 



Any Arbitration Tribunal established under the provisions of the 

 present Annex shall decide its own rules of procedure. 



ARTICLE 18 



1. Decisions of the Tribunal both as to its procedure and its place 

 of meeting and as to any controversy laid before it, shall be taken by 

 majority vote of its members; the absence or abstention of one of the 

 members of the Tribunal for whose nomination the Parties were 

 responsible sliall not constitute an impediment to the Tribunal reach'- 

 ing a decision. In cases of equal voting, the Chairman shall cast the 

 deciding vote. 



2. The Parties shall facilitate the work of the Tribunal and in par- 

 ticular, in accordance with their legislation, and using all means at 

 their disposal : 



(a) provide the Tribunal with the necessary documents and 

 information ; 



(6) enable the Tribunal to enter their territory, to hear wit- 

 nesses or experts, and to visit the scene. 



3. Absence or default of one Party shall not constitute an impedi- 

 ment to the procedure. 



