IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
34. Iran
and the E3/EU+3 will implement their JCPOA commitments according to the
sequence specified in Annex V. The milestones for implementation are as
follows:
i.
Finalisation Day is
the date on which negotiations of this JCPOA are concluded among the E3/EU+3
and Iran, to be followed promptly by submission of the resolution endorsing
this JCPOA to the UN Security Council for adoption without delay.
ii.
Adoption Day is the
date 90 days after the endorsement of this JCPOA by the UN Security Council, or
such earlier date as may be determined by mutual consent of the JCPOA
participants, at which time this JCPOA and the commitments in this JCPOA come
into effect. Beginning on that date, JCPOA participants will make necessary
arrangements and preparations for the implementation of their JCPOA
commitments.
iii.
Implementation Day is
the date on which, simultaneously with the IAEA report verifying implementation
by Iran of the nuclear-related measures described in Sections 15.1. to 15.11 of
Annex V, the EU and the United States take the actions described in Sections 16
and 17 of Annex V respectively and in accordance with the UN Security Council
resolution, the actions described in Section 18 of Annex V occur at the UN
level.
iv.
Transition Day is the
date 8 years after Adoption Day or the date on which the Director General of
the IAEA submits a report stating that the IAEA has reached the Broader
Conclusion that all nuclear material in Iran remains in peaceful activities,
whichever is earlier. On that date, the EU and the United States will take the
actions described in Sections 20 and 21 of Annex V respectively and
Iran will seek, consistent with the
Constitutional roles of the President and
Parliament, ratification of the
Additional Protocol.
v.
UN Security Council
resolution Termination Day is the date on which the UN Security Council
resolution endorsing this JCPOA terminates according to its terms, which is to
be 10 years from Adoption Day, provided that the provisions of previous
resolutions have not been reinstated. On that date, the EU will take the
actions described in Section 25 of Annex V.
35. The
sequence and milestones set forth above and in Annex V are without prejudice to
the duration of JCPOA commitments stated in this JCPOA.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM
36. If
Iran believed that any or all of the E3/EU+3 were not meeting their commitments
under this JCPOA, Iran could refer the issue to the Joint Commission for
resolution; similarly, if any of the E3/EU+3 believed that Iran was not meeting
its commitments under this JCPOA, any of the E3/EU+3 could do the same. The
Joint Commission would have 15 days to resolve the issue, unless the time
period was extended by consensus. After Joint Commission consideration, any
participant could refer the issue to Ministers of Foreign Affairs, if it
believed the compliance issue had not been resolved. Ministers would have 15
days to resolve the issue, unless the time period was extended by consensus.
After Joint Commission consideration – in parallel with (or in lieu of) review
at the Ministerial level - either the complaining participant or the participant
whose performance is in question could request that the issue be considered by
an Advisory Board, which would consist of three members (one each appointed by
the participants in the dispute and a third independent
member).
The Advisory Board should provide a non-binding opinion on the compliance issue
within 15 days. If, after this 30-day process the issue is not resolved, the
Joint Commission would consider the opinion of the Advisory Board for no more
than 5 days in order to resolve the issue. If the issue still has not been
resolved to the satisfaction of the complaining participant, and if the
complaining participant deems the issue to constitute significant
non-performance, then that participant could treat the unresolved issue as
grounds to cease performing its commitments under this JCPOA in whole or in
part and/or notify the UN Security Council that it believes the issue
constitutes significant non-performance.
37. Upon
receipt of the notification from the complaining participant, as described
above, including a description of the good-faith efforts the participant made
to exhaust the dispute resolution process specified in this JCPOA, the UN
Security Council, in accordance with its procedures, shall vote on a resolution
to continue the sanctions lifting. If the resolution described above has not
been adopted within 30 days of the notification, then the provisions of the old
UN Security Council resolutions would be re-imposed, unless the UN Security
Council decides otherwise. In such event, these provisions would not apply with
retroactive effect to contracts signed between any party and Iran or Iranian
individuals and entities prior to the date of application, provided that the
activities contemplated under and execution of such contracts are consistent
with this JCPOA and the previous and current UN Security Council resolutions.
The UN Security Council, expressing its intention to prevent the reapplication
of the provisions if the issue giving rise to the notification is resolved
within this period, intends to take into account the views of the States
involved in the issue and any opinion on the issue of the Advisory Board. Iran
has stated that if sanctions are reinstated in whole or in part, Iran will
treat that as grounds to cease performing its commitments under this JCPOA in
whole or in part.

[1] The
provisions of this Resolution do not constitute provisions of this JCPOA.
[2] 'Government officials' for the U.S. means senior officials of
the U.S. Administration.
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