Regulation 15
Special Services to Parties
(1) The Centre shall only perform any special service
for a party in connection with a proceeding (for example, the provision of translations or
copies) if the party shall in advance have deposited an amount sufficient to cover the
charge for such service.
(2) Charges for special services shall normally be based
on a schedule of fees to be promulgated from time to time by the Secretary-General and
communicated by him to all Contracting States as well as to the parties to all pending
proceedings.
Regulation 16
Fee for Lodging Requests
The party or parties (if a request is made jointly)
wishing to institute a conciliation or arbitration proceeding, requesting a supplementary
decision to, or the rectification, interpretation, revision or annulment of an arbitral
award, or requesting resubmission of a dispute to a new Tribunal after the annulment of an
arbitral award, shall pay to the Centre a non-refundable fee determined from time to time
by the Secretary-General.
Regulation 17
The Budget
(1) The fiscal year of the Centre shall run from July 1
of each year to June 30 of the following year.
(2) Before the end of each fiscal year the
Secretary-General shall prepare and submit, for adoption by the Administrative Council at
its next Annual Meeting and in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the Convention, a budget
for the following fiscal year. This budget is to indicate the expected expenditures of the
Centre (excepting those to be incurred on a reimbursable basis) and the expected revenues
(excepting reimbursements).
(3) If, during the course of a fiscal year, the
Secretary-General determines that the expected expenditures will exceed those authorized
in the budget, or if he should wish to incur expenditures not previously authorized, he
shall, in consultation with the Chairman, prepare a supplementary budget, which he shall
submit to the Administrative Council for adoption, either at the Annual Meeting or at any
other meeting, or in accordance with Regulation 7(3).
(4) The adoption of a budget constitutes authority for
the Secretary-General to make expenditures and incur obligations for the purposes and
within the limits specified in the budget. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrative
Council, the Secretary-General may