Impartiality. As a condition of serving on the Review Board, within five (5) Business Days after being selected, each Member shall provide a written oath, under penalty of perjury, containing a statement that the Member does not have any conflicts of interest (whether official, financial, personal or otherwise) with respect to the issues or parties in controversy, and that each Member agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Article 7 as applicable to the Members. If a Member has any potential conflict of interest, the Member shall fully disclose such interest in writing to the Claimant Party and the Respondent Party and the Member shall not serve on the Review Board, unless the Claimant Party and the Respondent Party agree otherwise. The Conflicts Committee of the Legal Division of the Corporation shall review any potential conflicts of interest for potential waiver. None of the Members may serve as counsel, advisor, witness or representative to any party to the arbitration.
Impartiality. (1) Immediately after taking their oath, judges shall sign a declaration by which they solemnly undertake that, both during and after their term of office, they shall respect the obligations arising therefrom, in particular the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits.
(2) Judges may not take part in the proceedings of a case in which they:
(a) have taken part as adviser;
(b) have been a party or have acted for one of the parties;
(c) have been called upon to pronounce as a member of a court, tribunal, board of appeal, arbitration or mediation panel, a commission of inquiry or in any other capacity;
(d) have a personal or financial interest in the case or in relation to one of the parties; or
(e) are related to one of the parties or the representatives of the parties by family ties.
(3) If, for some special reason, a judge considers that he or she should not take part in the judgement or examination of a particular case, that judge shall so inform the President of the Court of Appeal accordingly or, in the case of judges of the Court of First Instance, the President of the Court of First Instance. If, for some special reason, the President of the Court of Appeal or, in the case of judges of the Court of First Instance, the President of the Court of First Instance considers that a judge should not sit or make submissions in a particular case, the President of the Court of Appeal or the President of the Court of First Instance shall justify this in writing and notify the judge concerned accordingly.
(4) Any party to an action may object to a judge taking part in the proceedings on any of the grounds listed in paragraph 2 or where the judge is suspected, with good reason, of partiality.
(5) Any difficulty arising as to the application of this Article shall be settled by decision of the Presidium, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure. The judge concerned shall be heard but shall not take part in the deliberations.
Impartiality. CRC shall perform all of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement on an impartial and non-discriminatory basis as between CSXT and NSR, giving no preference to either of them in providing Switching and Yard Services, in the control of train dispatching over the Shared Assets, or in any other way whatsoever.
Impartiality. The Parties agree that each of the three arbitrators should be impartial regarding the dispute. Therefore, at no time will any Party contact or otherwise communicate with any person who is to be or who has been designated as a candidate to serve as an arbitrator concerning the dispute, except upon the basis of jointly drafted communications provided by the Parties to inform those candidates actually chosen as arbitrators of the nature and facts of the dispute. Likewise, any written or oral arguments provided to the arbitrators concerning the dispute shall be coordinated with the other Party(ies) and shall be provided simultaneously to the other Party(ies) or shall take place in the presence of the other Party(ies). Further, at no time shall any arbitrator be informed that the arbitrator has been named or chosen by one Party or another.
Impartiality. It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. It endeavours to relieve the suffering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress.
Impartiality. It is the intent of the Parties to avoid the appearance of impropriety due to bias or partiality on the part of any arbitrator. Prior to his or her formal appointment, each arbitrator shall disclose to the Parties and to the other members of the tribunal, any financial, fiduciary, kinship or other relationship between that arbitrator and any Party or its counsel, or between that arbitrator and any individual or entity with any financial, fiduciary, kinship or other relationship with any Party. For the purpose of this Agreement, "appearance of impropriety" shall be defined as such relationship or behavior as would cause a reasonable person to believe that bias or partiality on the part of the arbitrator may exist in favor of any Party.
Impartiality. The Company is required to maintain impartiality in relation to certification decisions. The Manufacturer shall not engage in activities that are intended to influence the outcome of any certification decision, for example, but not limited to subjecting the Company staff, associates, agents, directors, committee members and contractors to any form of direct or indirect bribery, abuse, harassment, threats, blackmail, intimidation or bullying.
Impartiality. 2.1 The expert must perform his/her work impartially and take all measures to prevent any situation where the impartial and objective implementation of the work is compromised for reasons involving economic interest, political or national affinity, family or emotional ties or any other shared interest (‘conflict of interests’). The following situations will automatically be considered as conflict of interest for an evaluation session (i.e. an evaluation meeting) s/he follows, if s/he:
(a) was involved in the preparation of one of the [proposals][prize applications];
(b) would benefit or be disadvantaged, if one of the [proposals][prize applications] is accepted or rejected;
(c) has close family ties (spouse, domestic or non-domestic partner, child, sibling, parent etc.) or other close personal relationship with a person (including linked third parties or other third parties) involved in the preparation of one of the [proposals][prize applications], or with a person which would benefit if one of the [proposals][prize applications] is accepted or rejected;
(d) is a director, trustee or partner or is in any way involved in the management of an applicant (or linked third party or other third party involved in the action);
(e) is employed or contracted by one of the applicants (or linked third parties, named subcontractors or other third parties involved in the action);
(f) is a member of an advisory group set up by the Commission to advise on the preparation of EU or Euratom Horizon 2020 work programmes or work plans in an area related to the call in question;
(g) is a National Contact Point (NCP) or is working for the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN);
(h) is a member of a programme committee[;][.] [additional OPTION for ERC observers:
(i) has close family ties (spouse, domestic or non-domestic partner, child, sibling, parent etc.) or other close personal relationship with the principal investigator of one of the proposals s/he is requested to follow as an additional reviewer from another panel (cross-panel or cross-domain proposal);
(j) has (or has had during the last five years) a scientific collaboration with the principal investigator of one of the proposals s/he is requested to follow as an additional reviewer from another panel (cross-panel or cross-domain proposal);
(k) has (or has had) a relationship of scientific rivalry or professional hostility with the principal investigator of one of the proposals s/he is requested to follow as an additional review...
Impartiality. The Company is required to maintain impartiality in relation to certification decisions. The Certificate Holder shall not engage in activities that are intended to influence the outcome of any certification decision, for example, but not limited to subjecting the Company staff, associates, agents, directors, committee members and contractors to any form of direct or indirect bribery, abuse, harassment, threats, blackmail, intimidation or bullying.
Impartiality. 2.1 The expert must perform his/her work impartially and take all measures to prevent any situation where the impartial and objective implementation of the work is compromised for reasons involving economic interest, political or national affinity, family or emotional ties or any other shared interest (‘conflict of interests’). The following situations will automatically be considered as conflict of interest for an action s/he is requested to monitor, if s/he:
(a) was involved in the preparation of the action;
(b) would benefit or be disadvantaged, as a result of the monitoring of the action;
(c) has close family ties (spouse, domestic or non-domestic partner, child, sibling, parent etc.) or other close personal relationship with a person (including linked third parties or other third parties) involved in the action;
(d) is a director, trustee or partner or is in any way involved in the management of an applicant (or linked third party or other third party involved in the action);
(e) is employed or contracted by one of the beneficiaries (or linked third parties, named subcontractors or other third parties involved in the action(s)[.][;]
