advocates whose names and authority shall be notified by that party to the
Secretary-General, who shall promptly inform the Commission and the other party.
(2) For the purposes of these Rules, the expression
"party" includes, where the context so admits, an agent, counsel or advocate
authorized to represent that party.
Chapter III
General Procedural Provisions
Rule 19
Procedural Orders
The Commission shall make the orders required for the
conduct of the proceeding.
Rule 20
Preliminary Procedural Consultation
(1) As early as possible after the constitution of a
Commission, its President shall endeavor to ascertain the views of the parties regarding
questions of procedure. For this purpose he may request the parties to meet him. He shall,
in particular, seek their views on the following matters:
(a) the number of members of the Commission required to
constitute a quorum at its sittings;
(b) the language or languages to be used in the
proceeding;
(c) the evidence, oral or written, which each party
intends to produce or to request the Commission to call for, and the written statements
which each party intends to file, as well as the time limits within which such evidence
should be produced and such statements filed;
(d) the number of copies desired by each party of
instruments filed by the other; and
(e) the manner in which the record of the hearings shall
be kept.
(2) In the conduct of the proceeding the Commission
shall apply any agreement between the parties on procedural matters, except as otherwise
provided in the Convention or the Administrative and Financial Regulations.
Rule 21
Procedural Languages
(1) The parties may agree on the use of one or two
languages to be