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1. Any dispute about the interpretation or application of this Agreement, except for disputes relating to matters covered by Article 13 of this Agreement, shall be resolved through the Interconnector Consultation Group or, failing that, by negotiation between the two Governments.
2. If any such dispute cannot be resolved in the manner specified in paragraph 1 of this Article or by any other procedure agreed on by the two Governments, the dispute shall be submitted, at the request of either Government, to an Arbitral Tribunal composed as follows:
Each Government shall designate one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so designated shall elect a third, who shall be the Chairperson and who shall not be a national of, or habitually reside in, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the Kingdom of the Netherlands or a third State having a direct interest in the dispute. If either Government fails to designate an arbitrator within three months of a request to so do, either Government may request the President of the International Court of Justice to appoint an arbitrator. The same procedure shall apply if, within one month of the designation or appointment of the second arbitrator, the third arbitrator has not been elected. The Tribunal shall determine its own procedure, save that all decisions shall be taken, in the absence of unanimity, by a majority vote of the members of the Tribunal. The decisions of the Tribunal shall be final and binding upon the two Governments. Each Government shall bear its own costs and the two Governments shall share the costs of the Chairperson of the Tribunal.