3. Any payments received in non-convertible currency by the first Party in pursuance of the rights and claims acquired shall be freely available to the first Party for the purpose of meeting any expenditure incurred in the territory of the second Party.
Article XVI. APPLICATION OF OTHER RULES
If the provisions of law of either Party or obligations under international law existing at present or established hereafter between the Parties in addition to the present Agreement contain rules, whether general or specific, entitling investments by investors of the other Party to treatment more favourable than is provided for by the present Agreement, such rules shall to the extent that they are more favourable prevail over the present Agreement.
Article XVII. GENERAL EXEMPTIONS
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, a Party shall not be prevented from taking prudential measures with respect to financial services, including measures for the protection of investors, depositors, policy holders or persons to whom a fiduciary duty is owed by an enterprise providing financial services, or to ensure the integrity and stability of its financial system. Where such measures do not conform with the provisions of the Agreement, they shall not be used as a means of avoiding the Party’s commitments or obligations under the Agreement.
2. This Agreement shall not preclude the application by either Party of measures necessary for the protection of its own national security interests.
Article XVIII. PRESENT AND FUTURE INVESTMENTS
This Agreement shall be applicable to Investments carried out by the Investors of either of the Parties in the territory of the other, before or after its entry into force but is not applicable to conflicts where the facts or events originated before its entry into force