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2. Unless the Parties to the dispute agree otherwise, the costs of the CHAPTER 20
chair of the panel and other expenses associated with the conduct
of the panel proceedings shall be borne in equal parts by the FINAL PROVISIONS
Parties to the dispute.

Article 20.1: Annexes, Appendices, and Footnotes
Article 19.20: Contact Point
The Annexes, Appendices, and footnotes to this Agreement shall
1. Each Party shall, within 30 days of the date of entry into force of constitute an integral part of this Agreement.
this Agreement for that Party, designate a contact point for this
Chapter and shall notify the other Parties of the contact details of
that contact point. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Article 20.2: Relation to Other Agreements
Parties of any change to those contact details.
1. Recognising the Parties’ intention for this Agreement to coexist
2. Any notification, request, reply, written submission, or other with their existing international agreements, each Party affirms:
document relating to any proceedings under this Chapter shall be
delivered to the relevant Party through its designated contact (a) in relation to existing international agreements to which all
point. The relevant Party shall provide confirmation of the receipt Parties are party, including the WTO Agreement, its
of such documents in writing through its designated contact point. existing rights and obligations with respect to the other
Parties; and

Article 19.21: Language (b) in relation to existing international agreements to which
that Party and at least one other Party are party, its existing
1. All proceedings under this Chapter shall be conducted in the rights and obligations with respect to such other Party or
English language. Parties, as the case may be.

2. Any document submitted for use in any proceedings under this 2. If a Party considers that a provision of this Agreement is
Chapter shall be in the English language. If any original inconsistent with a provision of another agreement to which that
document is not in the English language, a Party submitting it for Party and at least one other Party are party, upon request, the
use in the proceedings shall submit that document together with relevant Parties which are party to the other agreement shall
an English translation. consult with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory solution.
This paragraph shall be without prejudice to a Party’s rights and
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obligations under Chapter 19 (Dispute Settlement).

Article 20.3: Amended or Successor International Agreements

If any international agreement, or any provision therein, referred to in this
Agreement or incorporated into this Agreement is amended, or such an
international agreement is succeeded by another international
agreement, the Parties shall, on request of any Party, consult on whether

1 For the purposes of application of this Agreement, the Parties agree that the fact that
an agreement provides more favourable treatment of goods, services, investments, or
persons than that provided for under this Agreement does not mean there is an
inconsistency within the meaning of paragraph 2.

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