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3736 Modification of an- nex. Post, p. 3740. Amendment. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. the contracting parties the communication under reference is withdrawn before the expiration of that time. If the other contracting party fails to acknowledge receipt, notice shall be deemed as having been received fourteen (14) days after its receipt by the International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A .O.). Article 10 In the event either of the contracting parties considers it desirable to modify the routes or conditions set forth in the attached Annex, it may request consul- tation between the competent authorities of both contracting parties, such con- sultation to begin within aperiod of sixty (60) days from the date of therequest. When these authorities mutually agree on new or revised conditions affecting the Annex, their recommendations on the matter will come into effect after they have been confirmed by an exchange of diplomatic notes. Article 11 If a general multilateral air transport Convention accepted by both con- tracting parties enters into force, the present Agreement shall be amended so as to conform with the provisions of such Convention. Article 12 Disputes. Poi,p . 3740 Ohanges In route Poa, It s748i Except as otherwise provided in the present Agreement or its Annex, any dlispute between the contracting parties relative to the interpretation or appli- cation of the present Agreement or its Annex, which cannot be settled through consultation, shall be submitted for an advisory report to a tribunal of three arbitrators, one to be named by each contracting party, and the third to be agreed upon by the two arbitrators so chosen, provided that such third arbi- trator shall not be a national of either contracting party. Each of the contracting parties shall designate an arbitrator within two months of the date of delivery by either party to the other party of a diplomatic note requesting arbitration of a dispute; and the third arbitrator shall be agreed upon within one month after such period of two months. If the third arbitrator is not agreed upon, within the time limitation indicat<ed, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled by the appointment of a person, designated by the President of the Council of I. C . A. O., from a panel of arhitral personnel maintained in accordance with the practice of I. C . A. 0. The executive authorities of the contracting parties will use their best efforts uotder the powers available to them to put into effect the opinion expressed in any such advisory report. A moiety of the expenses of the arbitral tribunal shall he borne by each party. Article 13 Changes made by either contracting party ill the routes described in the schedules attached except those which change th, poinits .erved by these airlines in the territory of the other oitranteting party shall inot be considered as modifl-