1. Unless other with agreed by the parties, the Arbitral Tribunal may appoint one or more experts to submit a report and shall determine the expert's terms of reference and the term thereof. The Arbitral Tribunal shall also send a copy of its decision to the parties. 2. Each party shall submit to the expert the information relating to the dispute and to enable the expert to inspect and check any of the documents, goods, buildings, and other properties, whether movable or immovable, relating to the dispute. The Arbitral Tribunal shall decide on any dispute arising between the expert and any of the parties in this regard. 3. The expert shall, before accepting his or her appointment, submit to the Arbitral Tribunal and the parties a statement of his or her qualifications and an acknowledgement of his or her impartiality and independence. Each party shall notify the Arbitral Tribunal of any objection to the appointment of the expert within the period determined by the Tribunal in the decision. The Arbitral Tribunal shall decide on any objection to the appointment of such expert. The Tribunal's decision shall be final in this regard. 4. No party shall object to the expert's qualifications, impartiality or independence, unless such objection is based on grounds of which such party becomes aware after the appointment of such expert has been made. 5. The Arbitral Tribunal shall communicate a copy of the expert's report, upon the deposit thereof, to the parties, which shall be given the opportunity to express their opinion on the report within the time limits determined by it. 6. The Arbitral Tribunal may, after submission of the expert's report, decide on its own accord or upon a request by one of the parties, to hold a session for hearing the statements of the expert, providing an opportunity to the parties to hear from and discuss with him the contents of his report and examine any document on which he has relied in his report. Each of the parties shall have the right to present one or more experts from its side to render his opinion in respect of the issues contained in the report submitted by the expert appointed by the Arbitral Tribunal, unless the parties agree otherwise. Such procedures shall be subject to the provisions of Article (33) of this Law. 7. The fees and expenses of the expert appointed by the Arbitral Tribunal pursuant to this Article shall be paid by the parties as decided by the Arbitral Tribunal.
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