МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО КОРОЛЕВСТВА САУДОВСКАЯ АРАВИЯ О ВОЗДУШНОМ СООБЩЕНИИ. Соглашение. Правительство РФ. 11.02.07

Article 20
                        Settlement of disputes

     1. If any dispute arises between the Contracting Parties relating
to  the interpretation or application of the present Agreement and its
Annex  the  Contracting  Parties  shall in the first place endeavor to
settle   it  by  negotiation  between  Aeronautical  Authorities  both
Contracting Party.
     2.   If  the  said  Aeronautical  Authorities  fail  to  reach  a
settlement  by  negotiation,  the  dispute  shall  be  settled through
diplomatic channels.
     3. If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement pursuant
to  paragraphs  1  and  2  above,  either  Contracting  Party  may  in
accordance with its relevant laws and/or regulations refer the dispute
to  an  arbitral  tribunal  of  three  arbitrators,  two of whom to be
nominated  by  the  Contracting  Parties  and  one umpire. In case the
dispute  is  referred  to arbitration, each of the Contracting Parties
shall  nominate  an arbitrator within a period of sixty (60) days from
the date of receipt a notice in respect of reference of the dispute to
arbitration  and the umpire shall be appointed within a further period
of  sixty (60) days from the last appointment by the two so nominated.
If  either  Contracting  Party fails to nominate its arbitrator within
the  specified  period,  or nominated arbitrators fail to agree on the
umpire  within  the  said  period, the President of the Council of the
International  Civil  Aviation Organization may be requested by either
Contracting  Party  to  appoint the arbitrator of failing party or the
umpire  as  the  case  may  require.  However,  the  umpire shall be a
national  of a State having diplomatic relations with both Contracting
Parties at the time of the appointment.
     4.  In the case of the appointment of the umpire by the President
of  the  Council  of International Civil Aviation Organization, if the
President  of the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization
is  prevented  from  carrying  out  the  said  function  or if he is a
national of either Contracting Party, the appointment shall be made by
the  Vice-president  and  if the Vice-president is also prevented from
carrying  out  the  said  function  or  if  he is a national of either
Contracting  Party,  the appointment shall be made by senior member of
the  Council of International Civil Aviation Organization who is not a
national of either Contracting Party.
     5. Subject to other provisions agreed by the Contracting Parties,
the  arbitral  tribunal shall determine its procedure and the place of
arbitration.
     6.  The  decisions  of the arbitral tribunal shall be binding for
the Contracting Parties.
     7.  The expenses of the arbitral tribunal, including the fees and
expenses of the arbitrators shall be shared equally by the Contracting
Parties.  Any  expenses incurred by the Council of International Civil
Aviation Organization in connection with the appointment of the umpire
and/or the arbitrator of the failing party as referred to in paragraph
3  of  this  Article shall be considered to be part of the expenses of
the arbitral tribunal.