Compliance Panel

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50.1 A Party making a request for a Compliance Panel shall do so in writing and shall deliver it to the other disputing Parties and to the Secretariat and shall include written submissions supporting its position.

50.2 Roster members who served on the panel will also comprise the Compliance Panel. Where one or more members of the panel are no longer available to serve on the Compliance Panel, members will be appointed in accordance with the procedure set out in Rule 53.

50.3 A disputing Party notified of a request for a Compliance Panel may, within 60 days of receipt of such notice, provide a written reply to submissions delivered pursuant to Rule 50.1 and shall deliver it to any other disputing Party and to the Secretariat.

50.4 The Compliance Panel shall consider submissions of the Parties and may seek further written clarification from them. The Compliance Panel may also, at its discretion, convene a hearing with disputing Parties.

50.5 The Compliance Panel shall issue a Compliance Report within 45 days of the expiry of the deadline for submissions by disputing Parties under Rule 50.3 or, where a compliance hearing is held, within 45 days of the conclusion of the hearing.