SECTION 5 — Request for Arbitration

Any party wishing to have recourse to arbitration pursuant to article 2.1 above (Article 21 of the Treaty) and whose modalities are fixed by the present rules of arbitration, shall submit the request to the Secretary General for arbitration by the Court. This Request shall contain: a) the surnames, given names, capacity, corporate name and address of the parties, with indication of the address for service for the continuation of the proceedings, as well as an indication of any amount(s) claimed; b) the arbitration agreement entered into between the parties as well as any contractual or non- contractual documents likely to throw light on the circumstances of the dispute; c) a brief statement of the relief sought and the grounds upon which the request is based; d) any useful information and proposals concerning the number and choice of arbitrators, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.3 above. e) the agreement entered into between the parties, if any, relating to: - the seat of the arbitration - the language of the arbitration - the rules of law to be applied to • the arbitration agreement • the arbitration proceedings, and • the merits of the claim, failing such agreements, the applicant for arbitration shall state his views on these issues; f) the Request shall indicate the amount of costs provided for the filing of the proceedings in accordance with the scale of the costs of the Court. The claimant shall, in his Request, state that he has sent a copy of such request with all supporting documents to the defendants. The Secretary General shall notify all parties or respondents of the date of the receipt of the request by the Secretariat General, attach to this notification a copy of the present rules of arbitration and shall forward to the claimant an acknowledgment. The date of receipt by the Secretary General of the request for arbitration complying with the present article is deemed to be the date on which the arbitration commences.