2 — If the dispute cannot be settled within six months, it shall be submitted, at the request of either Party, for decision to an ad hoc arbitral tribunal.

3 — The arbitral tribunal shall be constituted of three arbitrators appointed in the following manner:

a) Each Party shall appoint an arbitrator within two months of the receipt of the written requestfor arbitration;

b) Together and within two months, the two arbitrators appointed shall appoint a national of athird State with whom both Parties have diplomatic relations as president of the arbitral tribunal.

4 — If the arbitral tribunal is not constituted within four months of the receipt of the written request for arbitration, either Party may request the President of the International Court of Justice to make the necessary appointments.

5 — If the President of the International Court of Justice is a Portuguese national or is pre-vented from making the appointments for any other reason, the next member in the hierarchy of the International Court of Justice who is not a Portuguese national or who is not prevented shall be requested to make the appointments.

6 — The arbitral tribunal shall determine its own rules of procedure and shall render its decisions in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement and the International Law.

7 — The decision of the arbitral tribunal, which shall be binding and final on both Parties, shall be taken by majority vote.

8 — In the event of dispute as to the meaning or scope of a decision, the arbitral tribunal shall construe it upon the request of any Party.

9 — Each Party shall bear the cost for its arbitrator and its representation before the arbitral tribunal, being the costs with the president and with the tribunal shared equally between the Parties.

CHAPTER V

Final provisions

Article 24

Miscellaneous

1 — The Portuguese Republic shall do everything in its power to support the EPLO and espe-cially its presence and activities in Portugal.

2 — The EPLO shall do everything in its power to promote Portugal as an international center for education, research, training and international cooperation.

3 — The Portuguese Republic shall accept the titles of study offered by the EPLO and its Agen-cies, Academies and Schools as titles of higher education. Those titles of studies shall be subjected by their holders to the appropriate authority of the Portuguese Republic in order to be evaluated as for their content and subsequent access to the market, should they want to use them in Portugal or for any other purpose of their own.

Article 25

Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days upon the date of receipt of the last notification, in writing and through diplomatic channels, conveying the completion of the internal procedures of each Party required for that purpose.

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