3 When either Contracting Party requests consultation on any matter of Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article, the other Contracting Party shall provide a prompt response and the consultation shall be held in Beijing or Dar- es- Salaam alternately.
Article 17. Interpretation
1 In the dispute settlement procedure stipulated in Article 13, upon the request of the Contracting Party to the dispute, the arbitral tribunal shall require both Contracting Parties to interpret articles of this Agreement in relation to the dispute. The Contracting Parties shall submit in writing a combined decision of the interpretation to the arbitral tribunal within sixty days after the request was raised.
2 The combined decision made by both Contracting Parties pursuant to Paragraph 1 shall be binding upon the arbitral tribunal. The award shall be consistent with the combined decision. If both Contracting Parties fail to make such decision within sixty days, the arbitral tribunal will make a decision independently.
Article 18. Entry Into Force, Duration and Termination
1 The Contracting Parties shall notify each other in writing through diplomatic channels of the fulfillment of their domestic legal procedures in relation to the approval and entry into force of this Agreement. This Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the receipt of the later of the two notifications. This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten (10) years, and shall continue to be in force thereafter unless terminated in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Article.
2 Each Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement at the end of the initial ten-year period or at any time thereafter by giving one year's advance written notice to the other Contracting Party.
3 With respect to investments made prior to the date of termination of this Agreement, the provisions of Article 1 to17 shall continue to be effective for a further period of ten years from such date of termination.
4 This Agreement may be amended with the agreement of the Contracting Parties. Any amendment shall enter into force according to the procedures required for entry into force of the present Agreement.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned representatives, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
Done in duplicate at Dar-es-Salaam on March 24, 2013, in the Chinese and English languages, the two texts being equally authentic.
For the Government of For the Government of
The People's Republic of China The United Republic of Tanzania
Gao Hucheng William A. Mgimwa