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 104 STAT. 5358 PROCLAMATION 6175—SEPT. 6, 199G ARTICLE XIII. — EXCEPTIONS 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit any action by either Party which is required or specifically permitted by the GATT. 2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit: (a) measures for the protection of intellectual property rights and for the prevention of deceptive practices as set out in Article X of this Agreement (and the related side letter); provided that such measures shall be related to the extent of any injury suffered or the prevention of such injury; and (b) any other measure for reasons contemplated by Article XX of the GATT, provided that the term "Agreement" in paragraph (d) of Article XX of the GATT shall be construed to refer to this Agreement. 3. Trade in products or services between the Parties subject to existing bilateral or multilateral agreements (or ongoing negotiations) in specific sectors, such as steel, textiles or civil aviation, shall be, or shall remain, subject to the terms of any such agreement. 4. Each Party reserves the right to deny to any company the advantages of this Agreement if nationals of any third country control such company and, in the case of a company of the other Party, that company has no substantial business activities in the territory of the other Party or is controlled by nationals of a third country with which the denying Party does not maintain normal economic relations. ARTICLE XIV. — D ISPUTE SETTLEMENT 1. Nationals and companies of either Party shall be accorded national treatment with respect to access to all courts and administrative bodies in the territory of the other Party, as plaintiffs, defendants or otherwise. They shall not claim or enjoy immunity from suit or execution of judgment, proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards or other liability in the territory of the other Party with respect to commercial transactions; they also shall not claim or enjoy immunities from taxation with respect to commercial transactions, except as may be provided in other bilateral agreements. 2. The Parties encourage the adoption of arbitration for the settlement of disputes arising out of commercial transactions concluded between nationals or companies of the United States of America and of Czechoslovakia. Such arbitration may be provided for by agreements in contracts between such nationals or companies, or in separate written agreements between them. 3. The parties may provide for arbitration under any internationaly recognized arbitration rules, including the UNCITRAL Rules, in which case the parties should designate an Appointing Authority under said

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