Common use of Interim Report Clause in Contracts

Interim Report. 1. Unless the parties to the dispute otherwise agree, the arbitral panel shall base its report on the relevant provisions of the covered agreements, on the submissions and arguments of the parties to the dispute, and on any information before it, pursuant to Article 14. 2. Unless the parties to the dispute otherwise agree, the arbitral panel shall, within 90 days from the date of its establishment, present to the parties to the dispute an interim report containing: (a) a descriptive section summarising the arguments of the parties to the dispute; (b) its findings on the facts of the case and on the applicability of the provisions of the covered agreements; (c) its determinations on the consistency of the measure at issue with the covered agreements; and (d) its determinations on whether the Party Complained Against has otherwise failed to carry out its obligations under the covered agreements. 3. When the arbitral panel considers that it cannot present its interim report within the period of time referred to in paragraph 2, it shall inform the parties to the dispute in writing of the reasons for the delay together with the estimate of the period within which it will issue its interim report. 4. The parties to the dispute may submit written comments on the interim report within 14 days of its presentation. The arbitral panel shall include in its final report a discussion on the comments of the parties to the dispute.