INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [(1 SATr. Article XXII Consultation Each contracting party shall accord sympathetic consideration to, and shall afford adequate opportunity for consultation regarding, such representations as may be made by any other contracting party with respect to the operation of customs regulations and formali- ties, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quantitative and exchange regulations, subsidies, state-trading operations, sanitary laws and regulations for the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, and generally all matters affecting the operation of this Agreement. Article XXIII Nullification.or Impairment 1. If any contracting party should consider that any benefit accruing to it directly or indirectly under this Agreement is being nullified or imoaired or that the attainment of any objective of the Agreement is being impeded aa the result of (a) the failure of another contracting party to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, or (b) the apolication by another contracting party of any measure, whether or not it conflicts with the provisions of this Agreement, or (c) the existence of any other situation, the contracting party may, with a view to the satisfactory adjustment of the matter, make written representations or proposals to the other contracting party or parties which it considers to be concerned. Any contracting party thus approached shall give sympathetic consi- deration to the representations or proposals made to it. 2. If no satisfactory adjustment is effected between the contrac- ing parties concerned within a reasonable time, or if the difficulty is of the type described in paragraph 1 (c) of this Article, the matter may be referred to the CONTRACTING PARTIES. The CONTRACTING A64
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