11957A018

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER II: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SECTION II: OTHER INFORMATION, C) GRANT OF LICENCES BY ARBITRATION OR UNDER COMPULSORY POWERS, ARTICLE 18


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ARTICLE 18

AN ARBITRATION COMMITTEE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION . THE COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS AND LAY DOWN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THIS COMMITTEE , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COURT OF JUSTICE .

AN APPEAL , HAVING SUSPENSORY EFFECT , MAY BE BROUGHT BY THE PARTIES BEFORE THE COURT OF JUSTICE AGAINST A DECISION OF THE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE WITHIN ONE MONTH OF NOTIFICATION THEREOF . THE COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL CONFINE ITS EXAMINATION TO THE FORMAL VALIDITY OF THE DECISION AND TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TREATY BY THE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE .

THE FINAL DECISIONS OF THE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE FORCE OF RES JUDICATA BETWEEN THE PARTIES CONCERNED . THEY SHALL BE ENFORCEABLE AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 164 .