**1.** If any dispute arises between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of the present Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall in the first place endeavour to settle it by negotiation between themselves.
**2.** If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement by negotiation, the dispute may at the request of either Contracting Party be submitted for decision 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 thus chosen, provided that the third arbitrator shall not be a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands or a resident of Macau. Each of the Contracting Parties shall designate an arbitrator within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of receipt by either Contracting Party from the other Contracting Party of written note requesting arbitration of the dispute and the third arbitrator shall be agreed upon within a further period of sixty (60) days. If either of the Contracting Parties fails to designate its own arbitrator within the period of sixty (60) days or if the third arbitrator is not agreed upon within the period indicated, the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization may be requested by either Contracting Party to appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators.
**3.** The Contracting Parties undertake to comply with any decision made under paragraph 2 of this Article.
Vanaf 1 februari 2014 zal, ingevolge artikel 1, tweede lid, van de
Overeenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en de regering van de
Speciale Administratieve Regio Macau van de Volksrepubliek China
inzake bepaalde aspecten van luchtdiensten van 23 november 2013
(PbEU L 21 van 24 januari 2014, blz. 2-8), wanneer in de tekst
van het bilaterale Verdrag wordt verwezen naar onderdanen
van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dit worden begrepen
als een verwijzing naar onderdanen van de lidstaten van de
Europese Unie (Trb. 2014/99).
Artikel 17
Settlement of Disputes
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Macao inzake luchtdiensten tussen en via hun onderscheiden grondgebieden· Arbitrage
Deze tekst geldt sinds 25 september 1995