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TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION. DECEMBER 9,1932. 2403 arrangements on service matters which do not concern the govern- ments in general. However, such arrangements must remain within the terms of the Convention and of the Regulations annexed thereto, as regards interference which their application might be likely to cause with the services of other countries. ARTICLE 14 Relations with, N oncontracting Governments § 1. Each of the contracting governments reserves the right for Relation~ whh non· , contracting govern· itself and for the private operating agencies which it recognizes, to ment. - . determine the conditions under which it will admit telecommunica- tions exchanged with a country which has not adhered to the present Convention or to the Regulations which contain the provisions rela- tive to the telecommunications involved. § 2. If a telecommunication originating in a nonadhering country is accepted by an adhering country, it must be transmitted and, so far as it uses the channels of a country adhering to the Convention and to the respective Regulations, the mandatory provisions of the Convention and cf the Regulations in question, as well as the normal rates, shall be applicftble to it. ARTICLE 15 Arbitration § 1. In case of disagreement between two or more contracting governments concerning the execution of either the present Conven- tion or the Regulations contemplated in article 2, the dispute, if it is not settled through diplomatic channels, shall be submitted to arbitra- tion at the request of anyone of the governments in disagreement. § 2. Unless the parties in disagreement agree to adopt a procedure already established by treaties concluded between them for the settlement of international disputes, or the procedure provided for in § 7 of this article, arbitrators shall be appointed in the following manner: § 3. (1) The parties shall decide, after mutual agreement, whether the arbitration is to be entrusted to individuals or to governments or administrations; failing an agreement on this matter, governments shall be resorted to. (2) In case the arbitration is to be entrusted to individuals, the arbitrators must not be of the same nationality as anyone of the parties concerned in the dispute. (3) In case the arbitration is to be entrusted to governments or administrations, the latter must be chosen from among the parties adhering to the agreement, the application of which caused the dispute. § 4. The party appealing to arbitration shall be considered as the plaintiff. This party shall designate an arbitrator and notify the opposing party thereof. The defendant must then appoint a second arbitrator, within two months after the receipt of plaintiff's notification. Arbilrution. A 11((, p . 2194.