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[CITE: 9USC306]

 
                          TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
 
    CHAPTER 3--INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL 
                               ARBITRATION
 
Sec. 306. Applicable rules of Inter-American Commercial 
        Arbitration Commission
        
    (a) For the purposes of this chapter the rules of procedure of the 
Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission referred to in Article 
3 of the Inter-American Convention shall, subject to subsection (b) of 
this section, be those rules as promulgated by the Commission on July 1, 
1988.
    (b) In the event the rules of procedure of the Inter-American 
Commercial Arbitration Commission are modified or amended in accordance 
with the procedures for amendment of the rules of that Commission, the 
Secretary of State, by regulation in accordance with section 553 of 
title 5, consistent with the aims and purposes of this Convention, may 
prescribe that such modifications or amendments shall be effective for 
purposes of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 101-369, Sec. 1, Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 449.)