Artikel 2 Bijzondere Overeenkomst inzake het voorleggen aan het Internationale Gerechtshof van een geschil tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland betreffende de afbakening tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland van het continentaal plat in de Noordze

Article 2 (1) The Parties shall present their written pleadings to the Court in the order stated below: 1. a Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to be submitted within six months from the notification of the present Agreement to the Court; 2. a Counter-Memorial of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to be submitted within six months from the delivery of the German Memorial; 3. a German reply followed by a Netherlands rejoinder to be delivered within such time limits as the Court may order. (2) Additional written pleadings may be presented if this is jointly proposed by the Parties and considered by the Court to be appropriate to the case and the circumstances. (3) The foregoing order of presentation is without prejudice to any question of burden of proof which might arise.