Documents submitted to launch the proceedings or for further evidence
Article 27
1. For the purpose of calculating time-limits, a document shall only be considered to have been submitted when it is received by the Registrar, who must acknowledge receipt of the document. 2. Documents shall indicate the appeal or arbitration proceeding number which was allocated by the Registrar when the appeal or arbitration was first submitted. 3. The maximum number of pages for procedural documents shall be as follows: (a) 20 pages for the appeal and the defence; and (b) 10 pages for each intervention. The page limits do not apply to the annexes in the procedural documents. 4. Authorisation to exceed the maximum lengths referred to in paragraph 3 shall be granted by the Registrar in agreement with the Chairperson and only in proceedings involving particularly complex factual issues.