Če se katera določba tega sporazuma in določba posebnega sporazuma, sklenjenega med sodiščem in državo pogodbenico, navezujeta na isto zadevo, se določbi, kadar je to mogoče, štejeta za dopolnilni in veljavni, pri čemer nobena od njiju ne omejuje učinka druge; ob neskladju prevlada določba posebnega sporazuma.
Insofar as the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any special agreement between the Tribunal and a State Party relate to the same subject matter, the two provisions shall, whenever possible, be treated as complementary, so that both provisions shall be applicable and neither provision shall narrow the effect of the other; but in case of conflict the provision of the special agreement shall prevail.