As soon as the Treaty enters into force, the common institutions provided for in Articles 27 to
41 will be established. States Parties which have not yet ratified the Treaty may nonetheless sit
at the Council of Ministers as observers without the right to vote.
RTICLE 56
Any dispute that may arise between States Parties regarding the interpretation or the application
of the present Treaty and which is not settled by mutual agreement may be referred by a State
Party to the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration.
Where a judge of the nationality of one of the parties is a member of the panel any other party
to the case may choose an ad hoc judge to sit in his place. The latter shall comply with the criteria
set forth in Article 31 above.
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