Article 21
(1) Appeals, which do not have any formal deficiency, shall be examined by the Board.
(2) The Board shall request from the parties to submit their observations concerning the appeals within the prescribed period. If the Office considers necessary, it may request the parties to submit additional information and documentation. If requested additional information and documents or observations are not be submitted to the Office within the prescribed period, the appeal shall be examined in accordance with the existing information and documents.
(3) The Board, if it considers necessary, may encourage the parties for reconciliation in accordance with the fourth paragraph of the Article 19 for appeals against decisions based on the third paragraph of the Article 19.
(4) The Board shall give the final decision of the Office as a result of the examination and evaluation it shall conduct.