Sobesedilo: The interests of other Contracting Parties shall be taken into account during the resolution of a dispute. Any other Contracting Party having a substantial interest in a matter shall have the right to be heard by the panel and to make written submissions to it, provided that both the disputing Contracting Parties and the Secretariat have received written notice of its interest no later than the date of establishment of the panel, as determined in accordance with subparagraph (c).

Sobesedilo: Pri reševanju spora je treba upoštevati tudi interese drugih pogodbenic. Vsaka druga pogodbenica, ki je za to zadevo pomembno zainteresirana, naj ima pravico do zaslišanja pred ugotovitvenim svetom in predložitve pisnega stališča pod pogojem, da so pogodbenice v sporu in Sekretariat prejeli pisno obvestilo o njenem interesu najkasneje na dan ustanovitve ugotovitvenega sveta v skladu s pododstavkom (c).