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The amounts of the fees referred to in paragraphs (a)
and (b) above shall be determined from time to time by the Secretary-General, with the
approval of the Chairman, and may be changed, not more than once a year, in order to take
account of monetary changes and changes in the cost of living.
(2) All payments, including reimbursement of expenses,
to the following shall in all cases be made by the Centre and not by or through either
party to the proceeding:
(a) members of Commissions, Tribunals and Committees;
(b) witnesses and experts summoned at the initiative of
a Commission, Tribunal or Committee, and not of one of the parties;
(c) members of the Secretariat of the Centre, including
persons (such as interpreters, translators, reporters or secretaries) especially engaged
by the Centre for a particular proceeding;
(d) the host of any proceeding held away from the seat
of the Centre pursuant to Article 63 of the Convention.
(3) In order to enable the Centre to make the payments
provided for in paragraph (2), as well as to incur other direct expenses in connection
with a proceeding (other than expenses covered by Regulation 15):
(a) the parties shall make advance payments to the
Centre as follows:
(i) initially as soon as a Commission or Tribunal has
been constituted, the Secretary-General shall, after consultation with the President of
the body in question and, as far as possible, the parties, estimate the expenses that will
be incurred by the Centre during the next three to six months and request the parties to
make an advance payment of this amount;
(ii) if at any time the Secretary-General determines,
after consultation with the President of the body in question and as far as possible the
parties, that the advances made by the parties will not cover a revised estimate of
expenses for the period or any subsequent period, he shall request the parties to make
supplementary advance payments.
(b) the Centre shall not be required to provide any
service in connection with a proceeding or to pay the fees, allowances or expenses of the
members of any Commission,
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