ABSTRACT
Article 13 Resort to arbitral or judicial proceedings Where the parties have agreed to conciliate and have expressly undertaken not to initiate during a specifi ed period of time or until a specifi ed event has occurred arbitral or judicial proceedings with respect to an existing or future dispute, such an undertaking shall be given effect by the arbitral tribunal or the court until the terms of the undertaking have been complied with, except to the extent necessary for a party, in its opinion, to preserve its rights. Initiation of such proceedings is not of itself to be regarded as a waiver of the agreement to conciliate or as a termination of the conciliation proceedings.
