SCHEDULE D
FACT-FINDING (ADDITIONAL FACILITY)
RULES

CHAPTER I
INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS

Article 1
The Request

(1) Any State or national of a State wishing to institute an inquiry under the Additional Facility (hereinafter called the "Requesting Party") to examine and report on facts (hereinafter called a "fact-finding proceeding") shall send a request to that effect in writing to the Secretariat at the seat of the Centre. It shall be drawn up in an official language of the Centre, shall be dated and shall be signed by the Requesting Party.

(2) The request may be made jointly by the parties to the fact-finding proceeding.

Article 2
Contents of the Request

(1) The request shall:

(a) designate precisely each party to the fact-finding proceeding and state the address of each;

(b) set forth the agreement between the parties providing for recourse to the fact-finding proceeding; and

(c) state the circumstances to be examined and reported on.

(2) The request shall in addition set forth any provisions agreed by the parties regarding the number of commissioners, their qualifications, appointment, replacement, resignation and disqualification, the extent of the powers of the Committee, the appointment of its President, and the place of its sessions, as well as the procedure to be followed in the fact-finding proceeding (hereinafter called the "Procedural Arrangement").

(3) The request shall be accompanied by five additional signed copies and by the fee prescribed by Article 5 of the Administrative and Financial Rules (Additional Facility).

Article 3
Registration of the Request

(1) As soon as the Secretary-General has satisfied himself that the request conforms in form and substance to the provisions of Article 2 of these Rules he shall register the request in the Fact-finding (Additional Facility) Register, notify the Requesting Party and the other party (hereinafter called the "Other Party") of the registration

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