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    • Article 2015: Scientific Review Boards

    1. On request of a disputing Party or, unless the disputing Parties disapprove, on its own initiative, the panel may request a written report of a scientific review board on any factual issue concerning environmental, health, safety or other scientific matters raised by a disputing Party in a proceeding, subject to such terms and conditions as such Parties may agree.

    2. The board shall be selected by the panel from among highly qualified, independent experts in the scientific matters, after consultations with the disputing Parties and the scientific bodies set out in the Model Rules of Procedure established pursuant to Article 2012 (1) (TLCAN: Art. 2012).

    3. The participating Parties shall be provided:

  • Advance notice of, and an opportunity to provide comments to the panel on, the proposed factual issues to be referred to the board; and

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  • A copy of the board's report and an opportunity to provide comments on the report to the panel.

    • 4. The panel shall take the board's report and any comments by the Parties on the report into account in the preparation of its report.