Artikel IX

Section 9.01 (a) Laos agrees to cause EDL, and Thailand agrees to cause EGAT, prior to the expiry of the Energy Supply Agreement, to enter into an agreement under which the Energy Supply Agreement shall be extended for a period of not less than fifteen (15) years from the date of its expiry. Under such agreement, EDL and EGAT shall determine the price of energy supplied during the period of such extension taking into consideration, inter alia, the cost to EGAT of obtaining power from alternative sources.
(b) Laos and Thailand each agrees that, except with the prior approval of the Administrator, the Energy Supply Agreement shall not be amended prior to the termination of this Agreement.
(a) Laos agrees to cause EDL, and Thailand agrees to cause EGAT, prior to the expiry of the Energy Supply Agreement, to enter into an agreement under which the Energy Supply Agreement shall be extended for a period of not less than fifteen (15) years from the date of its expiry. Under such agreement, EDL and EGAT shall determine the price of energy supplied during the period of such extension taking into consideration, inter alia, the cost to EGAT of obtaining power from alternative sources.
(b) Laos and Thailand each agrees that, except with the prior approval of the Administrator, the Energy Supply Agreement shall not be amended prior to the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.02. Laos and Thailand agree that that part of the additional double-circuit transmission line to be constructed under the Project which will cross the Mekong River near Nong Khai shall be owned, after construction, jointly by EDL and EGAT, and shall be operated and maintained under arrangements to be agreed between them and notified to the Administrator prior to 31 December 1974.
Section 9.03. Laos agrees to cause EDL, and Thailand agrees to cause EGAT, to cooperate in establishing efficient working arrangements for sale and transmission of power generated by facilities constructed under the Project and for maintenance by EDL and EGAT of their respective inter-connected transmission facilities.
Section 9.04. (a) Laos and Thailand shall cooperate fully to assure that the purposes of this Agreement will be accomplished. To that end, each of them shall furnish to the other all such information as it shall reasonably request with regard to the Project.
(b) Laos and Thailand shall from time to time exchange views through their representatives with regard to matters relating to the purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Laos and Thailand shall each promptly inform the other of any condition which interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, complishment of the purposes of this Agreement.
(a) Laos and Thailand shall cooperate fully to assure that the purposes of this Agreement will be accomplished. To that end, each of them shall furnish to the other all such information as it shall reasonably request with regard to the Project.
(b) Laos and Thailand shall from time to time exchange views through their representatives with regard to matters relating to the purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Laos and Thailand shall each promptly inform the other of any condition which interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, complishment of the purposes of this Agreement.