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The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Articles 40 and 48 of the Statute of the Court,
having regard to Articles 32 and 37 of the Rules of Court;
Whereas by a letter dated July 6th, 1955, the French Ambassador to the
Netherlands transmitted to the Registry an Application of the Government of
the French Republic of the same date instituting proceedings before the
Court against the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, in the matter of the
payment of certain Norwegian loans,
Whereas the Application refers to Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute
and to the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court by the
Kingdom of Norway on November 16th, 1946, and by the French Republic on
March 1st, 1946,
Whereas by the said letter dated July 6th, 1955, the French Ambassador to
the Netherlands notified the appointment of M. Andre Gros, Legal Adviser to
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Agent of the Government of the French
Republic,
Whereas by a letter dated July 20th, 1955, the Norwegian Royal Ministry for
Foreign Affairs acknowledged receipt of the Application and by a subsequent
letter dated September 7th, 1955, notified the appointment of M. Sven
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Supreme Court, and M. Lars Jorstad, Norwegian Minister to the Netherlands,
as Agents of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway;
Whereas the Agents of the Parties have stated their views with regard to
questions of procedure, the Agent of the Government of the French Republic
having expressed the desire to have a time-limit of three months for the
preparation of the Memorial, and the Agent of the Government of the Kingdom
of Norway a time-limit of four months for the preparation of the
Counter-Memorial;
Whereas an agreement has been reached by the Parties in this regard;
Whereas there is no objection to taking this agreement into account;
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the filing of the said Pleadings:
for the Memorial of the Government of the French Republic: December 20th,
1955;
for the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway : April
20th, 1956;
And reserves the rest of the procedure for further decision.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and fifty-five, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others will be transmitted to the Government
of the French Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway
respectively.
(Signed) Green H. Hackworth,
President.
(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar.
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