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1. The PCA shall make provisions for appropriate methods of settlement of:
a) disputes arising out of contracts and disputes of a private law character to which the PCA is party; and
b) disputes involving an Official of the PCA who, by reason of his official position, enjoys immunity, if such immunity has not been waived by the PCA.
2. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising between the PCA and the Government out of or relating to the interpretation, application or performance of this Agreement, including its existence, validity or termination, or any question affecting the Headquarters or the relationship between the PCA and the Government, which is not settled amicably within six months of the date on which one Party notifies the other of the existence of such dispute, shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration Optional Rules for Arbitration Involving International Organisations and States (the “Rules”), as in force on the date of signature of this Agreement. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The appointing authority shall be the Netherlands Arbitration Institute. In any such arbitration proceedings, the registry, archive and secretariat services of the PCA, referred to in Article 1, paragraph 3 and Article 25, paragraph 3 of the Rules, will not be available, and the PCA shall not be empowered to request, hold or disburse deposits of costs as provided in Article 41, paragraph 1 of the Rules.