**(1).** The Parties shall present their written pleadings to the Court in the order stated below:
a Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to be submitted within six months from the notification of the present Agreement to the Court;
a Counter-Memorial of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to be submitted within six months from the delivery of the German Memorial;
a German reply followed by a Netherlands rejoinder to be delivered within such time limits as the Court may order.
**(2).** Additional written pleadings may be presented if this is jointly proposed by the Parties and considered by the Court to be appropriate to the case and the circumstances.
**(3).** The foregoing order of presentation is without prejudice to any question of burden of proof which might arise.
Artikel 2
Artikel 2
Deze tekst geldt sinds 2 februari 1967