1. The Parties agree that the prompt resolution of disputes is for the benefit of all Parties.
2. Wherever possible, a dispute shall be resolved by removing, amending or not implementing the measure that is or would be inconsistent with this Agreement.
3. Where the Disputing Parties resolve the dispute at any stage of a Proceeding, written notice of such resolution shall be delivered to the other Parties and to the Secretariat. Upon receipt of such notification by the Secretariat, the Proceeding shall be terminated.
4. Proceedings may be suspended, either at the request of the Disputing Parties or by order of the Presiding Body, in order to negotiate a mutually satisfactory resolution.
5. Where a Proceeding has been suspended pursuant to Article 1707(4), if no Disputing Party has made an application to end the suspension within 36 months of the date of suspension, the complaint that initiated the Proceeding is deemed to have been withdrawn and the Proceeding shall be terminated.
6. After a Panel has determined in a Report that a Complaint Recipient has not complied with this Agreement, the Complaint Recipient may notify the Complaining Party that the Complaint Recipient has complied with the Agreement in respect of the matters addressed in the Report. Such notice shall be in writing, shall include a description of the manner of such compliance, and shall be delivered to the Complaining Party, to all other Participating Parties and to the Secretariat.
7. A Complaining Party may, within 30 days of delivery to it of the notice pursuant to Article 1707(6), object to the notice. Such objection shall be in writing, shall include a description of the reasons for its objection, and shall be delivered to the Complaint Recipient, to all other Participating Parties and to the Secretariat.
8. Where no objection has been delivered pursuant to Article 1707(7), a Party that provides notice pursuant to Article 1707(6) is deemed to have complied with the Agreement in respect of the matters addressed in the Report.
9. Upon the expiry of one year following the issuance of a Report, or, where applicable, upon the expiry of an alternate implementation period stipulated by the Panel in its Report, a Disputing Party may request that the Secretariat reconvene the Panel as a Compliance Panel to make a determination as to whether the Complaint Recipient has complied with this Agreement in respect of the matters addressed in the Report.
10. Notwithstanding Article 1707(9), a Complaint Recipient may request a Compliance Panel immediately upon the delivery by the Complaining Party to the Complaint Recipient of an objection made pursuant to Article 1707(7).
11. The Compliance Panel shall issue a Compliance Report containing:
(a) a determination on whether or not the Complaint Recipient has, with regard to the matter in dispute, brought itself into compliance with this Agreement;
(b) where the determination is that there has not been compliance, a monetary penalty order made in accordance with Articles 1707.1(1) and (2), and, where there is more than one Complaining Party, the amount of the monetary penalty payable by the Complaint Recipient to each;
(c) at the discretion of the Compliance Panel, an order apportioning Operational Costs, as provided for in Rules 54 to 57 of Annex 1705(1); and
(d) if an order for a monetary penalty has been made, a form of order that
(i) is enforceable in the same manner as an order against the Crown in the superior court of a Party against whom the order is made; or
(ii) the Secretariat will rely on when, in accordance with Rule 10.3 of Annex 1705(1), it demands payment by a financial institution having provided a Standby on behalf of a Party against whom the order is made.
12. The Compliance Panel retains jurisdiction for the purposes of assessing an Operational Costs order after it issues its Compliance Report, and may, at the request of a Disputing Party or on its own initiative, make an order for Operational Costs specifying the amount payable by a Participating Party to the Secretariat.
13. Within 10 days after receipt of the Compliance Report, a Disputing Party, with notice to the chairperson of the Compliance Panel, the Secretariat and all other Disputing Parties, may request that the Compliance Panel:
(a) clarify one or more aspects of its Compliance Report, in which case the Compliance Panel shall, within 15 days of receipt of the notice, provide the clarification; or
(b) correct in the Compliance Report any errors in computation or translation, any clerical or typographical errors, or any errors of a similar nature, in which case the Compliance Panel may, within 15 days of receipt of the notice, make such corrections as it considers appropriate.
14. If the Compliance Panel cannot release its final report within the period mentioned in Rule 50.5 of Annex 1705(1), it does not lose jurisdiction and shall inform the Participating Parties in writing of the reasons for the delay together with an estimate of the date by which it will issue its report.