REGULATION of the Neutral Court (ROTN) (ROTN)

1. The seat of the Neutral Tribunal is in Lausanne.

1. At the beginning of each calendar year, the judges of the Neutral Court elect a president and a vice president [B].

1. The President represents the Neutral Tribunal. He acts and signs on its behalf and presides over its sessions.

2. In case of the President's impediment, the Vice-President or another judge shall replace him.

3. The alternate judges replace the impeded judges with deliberative voting rights.

1. The Neutral Tribunal is comprised of five judges.

2. The procedure is in writing.

1. The president may appoint a clerk.

2. Decisions are signed by the president, a judge, or the appointed clerk.

1. The Neutral Tribunal sits in private.

2. When called upon to adjudicate in place of the disqualified tribunal, the Neutral Tribunal complies with the procedural rules that the latter would have applied.

1. For each case file, a record of the proceedings is maintained.

2. The case files are subject to annual numbering.

3. The records of the proceedings and the decisions are preserved in the archives of the Neutral Tribunal.

1. When holding court, the judges of the Neutral Tribunal sit in dark attire.

1. The cases handled by the Neutral Tribunal in place of the recused court are sent back, upon final decision, to that authority for archiving.

1. This regulation comes into effect on March 1, 2006.