Article 8
Adjustment for Price Level Changes
The amounts stated in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of these Rules
may be increased or decreased by the Secretary-General in order to take account of changes
in price levels.
Article 9
Currency of Payment and Determination of Currency Equivalent of SDR
The amounts payable pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and
8 of these Rules shall be paid in such currency or currencies as the Secretariat shall
reasonably determine. The equivalent in any currency of any amount in SDR due in respect
of any calendar quarter shall be determined as of the first day of such quarter as
published by the International Monetary Fund.
Article 10
Payments to be Made by Secretariat
All payments, including reimbursement of expenses, to
the following shall in all cases be made by the Secretariat 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 and persons (such as
interpreters, translators, reporters or secretaries) especially engaged by the Secretariat
for a particular proceeding; and
(d) the host of any proceeding held away from the seat
of the Centre.
Article 11
Payments to be Made to Secretariat
In order to enable the Secretariat to make the payments
provided for in Article 10 of these Rules, as well as to be reimbursed for or to incur
other expenses in connection with a proceeding (other than expenses covered by Article 14
of these Rules):
(a) the parties shall make payments to the Secretariat
as follows:
(i) as soon as a Commission, Tribunal or Committee has
been constituted and thereafter before the beginning of each calendar quarter, the
Secretary-General shall estimate the expenses that will be incurred by the Secretariat
during the following calendar quarter (including the balance of the current quarter in the
case of the initial estimate) and request the parties to make an advance payment of this
amount and, in the case of the initial request, to pay in addition the estimated amount of
expenses incurred prior
