This provision does not preclude the implementation of Article 11 concerning replacement of Arbitrators prevented from sitting.

Article 19

Arbitrators sitting on the bench of a First Degree Arbitration Tribunal cannot sit in a Second Degree Arbitration Tribunal examining the same case. This also applies to those Arbitrators nominated by one party for First Degree hearings and who have been replaced.

AWARD

Article 20

The provisional award of a First Degree Arbitration Tribunal shall become null and void once the formalities for a Second Degree arbitration application have been carried out within the stipulated time limit. The award of a Second Degree Arbitration Tribunal shall be issued on the basis of a majority vote.