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1991 Agreement between the Republic of Argentina, The Federative Republic of Brazil, The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards

Short Title / Abbreviations

Quadripartite Agreement

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text IAEA INFCIRC/435
Date of Adoption 13/12/1991
Place of Adoption Vienna, Austria
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Dispute settlement provisions

“Article 22

Any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of this Agreement, except a dispute with regard to a finding by the Board under Article 15 or an action taken by the Board pursuant to such a finding, which is not settled by negotiation or another procedure agreed to by the State Party or States Parties concerned, ABACC and the Agency shall, at the request of any of them, be submitted to an arbitral tribunal composed of five arbitrators. The State Parties and ABACC shall designate two arbitrators and the Agency shall also designate two arbitrators, and the four arbitrators so designated shall elect a fifth, who shall be the Chairman. If, within thirty days of the request for arbitration, either the Agency or the State Parties and ABACC have not designated two arbitrators each, either the Agency or the State Parties and ABACC may request the President of the International Court of Justice to appoint these arbitrators. The same procedure shall apply if, within thirty days of the designation or appointment of the fourth arbitrator, that the fifth arbitrator has not been elected. A majority of the members of the arbitral tribunal shall constitute a quorum, and all decisions shall require the concurrence of at least three arbitrators. The arbitral procedure shall be fixed by the tribunal. The decisions of the tribunal shall be binding on the State Parties, ABACC and the Agency. “

Depository

International Atomic Energy Agency

Annexes

Protocol (See Article 27: “The Protocol attached to this Agreement shall be an integral part thereof. The term “Agreement” as used in this instrument means the Agreement and the Protocol together.”)

Entry Into Force Status In Force
Date of Entry into Force

04/03/1994

Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

Article 25

“This Agreement shall enter into force on the date upon which the Agency receives from ABACC and from the State Parties written notification that their respective requirements for entry into force have been met/ The Director General shall promptly inform all Member States of the Agency of the entry into force of this Agreement”

General Status 4 Parties
Links to Current Status/Reservations International Atomic Energy Agency
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Related Instruments
Related Instruments

1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

1991 Agreement for the Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy

1997 Agreement by Exchange of Letters with the Argentine Republic in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

1997 An Agreement by Exchange of Letters with the Federative Republic of Brazil in Connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

1999 Agreement by Exchange of Letters with the Federative Republic of Brazil in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

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