Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation. 1. Good offices, conciliation and mediation are procedures that are undertaken voluntarily if the parties to the dispute so agree. 2. Good offices, conciliation or mediation may be requested at any time by any party to a dispute. They may begin and be terminated at any time by any party to a dispute. 3. If the parties to a dispute agree, good offices, conciliation or mediation proceedings may continue before any person or body as may be agreed by the parties to the dispute, while the dispute proceeds for resolution before an arbitral panel established under Article 6. 4. All proceedings involving good offices, conciliation or mediation, and in particular, positions taken by the parties to a dispute during these proceedings, shall be confidential, and without prejudice to the rights of any Party in any further proceedings under this Agreement or before any other forum selected by the parties to the dispute.
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Samples: Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism, Dispute Settlement Agreement, Dispute Settlement Agreement
Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation. 1. Good offices, conciliation and mediation are procedures that are undertaken voluntarily if the parties to the dispute so agree.
2. Good offices, conciliation or mediation may be requested at any time by any party to a dispute. They may begin at any time by agreement of the parties to the dispute and be terminated at any time by upon the request of any party to a the dispute.
3. If the parties to a the dispute agree, good offices, conciliation or mediation proceedings may continue before any person or body as may be agreed by the parties to the dispute, while the dispute proceeds proceedings of the arbitral tribunal provided for resolution before an arbitral panel established under Article 6in this Chapter are in progress.
4. All proceedings Proceedings involving good offices, conciliation or mediation, and and, in particular, positions taken by the parties to a the dispute during these proceedings, shall be confidential, kept confidential and without prejudice to the rights of any Party in any further proceedings under this Agreement Chapter or before any in other forum selected by the parties to the disputeproceedings.
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Samples: Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation. 1. Good offices, conciliation and mediation are procedures that are undertaken voluntarily if the parties to the dispute so agree.
2. Good offices, conciliation or mediation may be requested at any time by any party to a dispute. They may begin and be terminated at any time by any party to a dispute.
3. If the parties to a dispute agree, good offices, conciliation or mediation proceedings may continue before any person or body as may be agreed by the parties to the dispute, while the dispute proceeds for resolution before an arbitral panel established under Article 6.
4. All proceedings involving good offices, conciliation or mediation, and in particular, positions taken by the parties to a dispute during these proceedings, shall be confidential, and without prejudice to the rights of any Party in any further proceedings under this Agreement or before any other forum selected by the parties to the dispute.
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Samples: Dispute Settlement Agreement, Dispute Settlement Agreement
Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation. 1. Good offices, conciliation and mediation are procedures that are undertaken voluntarily if the parties to the dispute so agree.
2. Good offices, conciliation or mediation may be requested at any time by any party to a dispute. They may begin at any time and be terminated at any time by any party to a dispute.
3dispute at any time. If the parties to a dispute agree, good offices, conciliation or mediation proceedings may continue before any person or body as may be agreed by the parties to the dispute, dispute while the dispute proceeds for resolution before an arbitral panel established under Article 6.
45. All proceedings Proceedings involving good offices, conciliation or and mediation, and in particular, positions taken by the parties to a dispute during these proceedings, shall be confidential, and without prejudice to the rights of any Party in any further proceedings under this Agreement or other proceedings before any other a forum selected by the parties to the disputeParties.
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Samples: Dispute Settlement Agreement