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[p.41]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court, and to Articles 44
and 45, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application by the Republic of Finland filed in the
Registry of the Court on 17 May 1991, instituting proceedings against the
Kingdom of Denmark in respect of a dispute concerning passage through the
Great Belt (Storeb�lt),
Having regard to the Order of 29 July 1991 by which the Court adjudicated
upon a request for the indication of provisional measures presented by
Finland on 23 May 1991, in which Order the Court declared inter alia that
"it is clearly in the interest of both Parties that their respective rights
and obligations be determined definitively as early as possible", and that
"it is appropriate that the Court, with the co-operation of the Parties,
ensure that the decision on the merits be reached with all possible
expedition";
Whereas at a meeting between the President and the Agents of the Parties
held on 29 July 1991, the Parties agreed on the time-limits set out below,
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the written proceedings:[p 42]
30 December 1991 for the Memorial of the Republic of Finland;
1 June 1992 for the Counter-Memorial of the Kingdom of Denmark; and
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-one, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the
Republic of Finland and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark,
respectively.
(Signed) R. Y. Jennings,
President.
(Signed) Eduardo Valencia-Ospina,
Registrar.
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