3. Any dispute that arises between the Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement and not resolved according to the procedures referred to under Article 19(2), may be submitted to the International Court of Justice. The Parties should first seek to agree upon a joint submission to said Court regarding any such dispute. However, if agreement is not reached within six months, or such longer period as the Parties shall mutually agree, then any such dispute may be submitted by either Party individually.
FINAL CLAUSES
ARTICLE 20
1. This Agreement shall be signed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two Parties.
2. This Agreement is subject to ratification, according to the sequencing procedure set out in Article 1(4).
3. Upon completion of the necessary internal legal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement as set out in Article 1, the Parties shall, within two weeks and in writing, notify each other. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last notification by the Party concerned.
4. Article 8(5) shall apply provisionally, pending the entry into force of this Agreement. If this Agreement does not enter into force, this Agreement, in its entirety and each of its provisions individually, shall have no further effect or application, provisional or otherwise, and shall not bind either of the Parties in any way.
5. The difference and the remaining issues referred to in Security Council resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993) shall be considered as having been resolved upon entry into force of this Agreement.
6. As soon as possible upon entry into force of this Agreement, the Parties or one of the Parties shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the entry into force of this Agreement, including the date of its entry into force, for its implementation at the United Nations.
7. This Agreement is not directed against any other State, entity or person. It does not infringe on the rights and duties resulting from bilateral and multilateral agreements already in force that the Parties have concluded with other States or international Organizations.
8. The First Party shall apply this Agreement in accordance with its obligations deriving from its membership in the European Union and its membership in other international, multilateral or regional institutions or Organizations, as well as other international instruments. Similarly, the Second Party shall apply this Agreement in accordance with its obligations deriving from its membership in international, multilateral or regional institutions or Organizations, including the EU, following its proposed accession thereto.
9. The provisions of this Agreement shall remain in force for an indefinite period of time and are irrevocable. No modification to this Agreement contained in Article 1(3) and Article 1(4) is permitted.
10. This Agreement shall be registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations as soon as it has entered into force.
