Thank you, Don.
Thank you, Mr. Julian, for your question.
The labour agreement with Jordan is very similar to the Colombian agreement. There are a few little modifications--some changes in language here and there. All of our labour agreements have some differences where we try to respond to and address differences in legal systems or priorities, interests, of the two parties.
In the case of Jordan, as you've pointed out, one key difference is the fact that in the provisions regarding the possibility of assessments or fines, there is no $15-million cap on the amount of money that could be assessed. What does that mean? It means that in the negotiations that was the one issue that the Jordanian officials were very reluctant to include in the agreement. They didn't want to include any provisions providing for the possibility of fines or assessments as an enforcement mechanism on the labour agreement. So that was probably the most challenging question.
In the end we were able to convince them to include it, but they didn't want to have any particular figure in there. One concern they had was that under their system, if there was a specific amount of an assessment they might have to do a budget allocation for that amount, and $15 million is a very large amount for the labour department in Jordan.
So we considered the situation. The issue of whether it's better to have a maximum amount or not is certainly up for debate. There are experts who say that by having a maximum there would be a tendency to increase the amount of a fine. But technically speaking, if there is no maximum then the panel is free to render whatever amount they think is necessary in order to remedy a non-compliance with the labour provisions.