The ruling of the Arbitral Tribunal shall be issued within six months from the date of the first valid session with which both parties are notified. The Arbitral Tribunal may extend the date by two months. Extension of a term shall be made only by a decision of the Authority based upon an application, setting out the reasons from the Arbitral Tribunal with a maximum limit of one month after deliberation with parties. Parties may put a condition to shorten the Agreement to Arbitrate. If the litigation is stopped or terminated before the Arbitral Tribunal, the term shall be stopped. It shall be resumed from the date the Authority becomes aware of the end of the cause of the stop or the termination.