Disputes arising with regard to the interpretation or application of the treaties or statutes of the BIS are referred by those instruments for final decision to the Tribunal provided for by The Hague Agreementof January 1930. In accord with the procedures prescribed in Article XV of that treaty, the different members of the Tribunal are selected by the Governments of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. The chairman of the Tribunal is designated by the Government of France, in agreement with the Governments of Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom. Members of the Tribunal serve for a term of five years. The procedures of the Tribunal are set out in Annex XII of the 1930 Treaty, which incorporates Chapter III of the Hague Convention of 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, unless modified by the 1930 Treaty. The Tribunal is currently composed of Professor W. Michael Reisman (USA) Chairman, Professor Dr. Jochen Abr. Frowein (Germany), Professor Dr. Mathias Krafft (Switzerland), Professor Paul Lagarde (France) and Professor Dr. Albert Jan van den Berg (The Netherlands). The Secretary of the Tribunal is Mrs. Phyllis Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The address of the Tribunal is Permanent Court of Arbitration, Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 The Hague, Netherlands. Applications to the Tribunal and all other communications should be made to the PCA Registry (bureau@pca-cpa.org). Requests for information regarding the Tribunal or the registration of claims should be directed to the PCA Registry (bureau@pca-cpa.org).